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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
By Tom Balmforth

IAEA mission must lead to end of Russian occupation at nuclear plant - Ukraine

Petro Kotin, head of the Ukraine's state nuclear power company Energoatom, speaks during an interview with Reuters, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Kyiv, Ukraine September 5, 2022. REUTERS/Ivan Lyubysh-Kirdey

Ukraine's state nuclear chief said on Monday it was vital that a mission by UN inspectors to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant led to the end of Russia's occupation of the facility and called for new missions to the site, including by UN peacekeepers.

The International Atomic Energy Agency is drawing up a report after its inspectors crossed the front line last week to reach the imperilled facility that Ukraine and Russia have accused each other of shelling, risking a nuclear disaster.

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