VIENNA, 18 Nov. (DPA/EP) –
The Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has for the third time called on Russia to abandon the Ukrainian Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, the largest in Europe and besieged since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
The member countries of the organization have asked Moscow in a joint resolution to withdraw its personnel “immediately” and to renounce “its unfounded claim of ownership” of the nuclear power plant in southeastern Ukraine, the DPA agency reported. .
The board has also been concerned that Ukrainian employees at the plant were being pressured by the Russian side and that some sort of arrest had been made.
This is the third IAEA resolution against Russia since the start of the war in February. Russia and China, however, have voted against it, while seven countries have abstained.
The Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, the largest in Europe, has been under Russian occupation since March, a fact that has been repeatedly criticized in recent weeks after tensions escalated over attacks near the plant and over which Ukraine and Russia accuse each other.
Since September, an IAEA mission has been analyzing the situation at the plant and the possible damage caused by military activity on a daily basis.
