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Josh Salisbury

Zaporizhzhia: Russian official tells UN nuclear inspectors rocket ‘did 180’ flip

IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi and fellow officials try to negotiate access to Zaporizhzhia

(Picture: via REUTERS)

A Russian official has claimed to UN inspectors that a rocket near to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant did a complete 180 degree flip - which is why it appeared to have come from Russian-occupied territory, it has been reported.

The official, who was accompanying UN International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors on a visit to Europe’s biggest nuclear plant, was filmed being questioned on why the rocket appeared to have come from Russian-occupied territory.

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