MADRID, 5 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Russian Government has defended this Wednesday that the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, the largest in Europe, be managed by Russian departments, once the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, has promulgated the decrees on the accession of the region and three other areas of Ukraine occupied by Russian troops.
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Vershinin has indicated that the Russian authorities seek to guarantee “nuclear safety” and “the normal operation of the plant, which is now located on Russian territory.” “Therefore, it must work under the guidance of our relevant departments,” he argued.
He also stressed that the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, plans to travel to Moscow, as reported by the Russian news agency Interfax. “I confirm the information that he is going to go to kyiv and then to Moscow. I don’t remember the exact date, but it will be in the next few days,” he settled.
Grossi himself confirmed on Monday the release of the director of the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, Ihor Murashov, arrested by Russia last Friday when he was traveling in his vehicle near the nuclear power plant. The director of the plant was forcibly detained and, blindfolded, was taken to an unknown location.
The Zaporizhia plant has six reactors commissioned between 1984 and 1995. It has been controlled by Russian forces since March this year, shortly after the Russian invasion of Ukraine began, triggered on February 24 by order of Russian President Vladimir Putin. , although it is operated by Ukrainian personnel.
