No let-up in shelling as UN team heads for Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant
by Isobel Koshiw in Kyiv and agencies from Environment | The Guardian on (#630QY)
Watchdog due to arrive in Kyiv as frequent attacks on Russian-occupied power station raise fears mission may be called off
A team of inspectors from the UN nuclear watchdog is due to arrive in Kyiv on Monday night en route to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power in southern Ukraine, where renewed shelling has cast a shadow over their planned visit.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief, Rafael Grossi, said on Monday morning that a team led by him had set off to visit the power station on the Dnieper River. We must protect the safety and security of Ukraine's and Europe's biggest nuclear facility," Grossi tweeted.
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