A Reuters reporter following the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team in a convoy from the capital Kyiv said the inspectors had arrived in the nearby city of Zaporizhzhia, where they were likely to spend the night before visiting the plant, which is on land controlled by Russia on Thursday. Officials stationed by Russia in the area near the power station suggested the visit might last only one day, while the IAEA and Ukrainian officials suggested it would last longer. “The mission will last a few days. If we can establish a permanent presence or a continuous presence, then it will be extended. But this first part will last a few days,” said IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi. journalists in a hotel in Zaporizhzhia. Before leaving Kyiv, Grossi had told reporters that the group was “going into a war zone” and had received “express guarantees” of access from both the Russian Federation and Ukraine. Russian forces seized the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant soon after invading Ukraine on February 24 and are close to the front lines. (Alexander Ermochenko/Reuters)
The prospects for demilitarization at the site are unclear
Russia seized the plant, Europe’s largest, in early March as part of what Moscow calls a “special military operation”, which Kyiv and the West have described as an unprovoked invasion designed to grab land and erase Ukrainian ID card. A Russian military force has been at the plant since then, with Ukrainian labor continuing to run the facility. The United States has urged a complete shutdown of the plant and called for a demilitarized zone around it. WATCHES | What IAEA inspectors hope to achieve:
The UN nuclear energy panel will visit the Ukrainian plant this week
A team with the International Atomic Energy Agency will inspect Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant as fears remain that fighting in the vicinity could cause a radioactive leak. Ukraine’s Energy Minister German Galushenko said Thursday that the IAEA inspection was a step toward “de-occupying and demilitarizing” the site. Russia has said it has no intention of withdrawing its forces at this time. Asked about plans for a demilitarized zone at the plant, Grossi said it was a matter of political will and that his team was on a technical mission, with one of the main priorities being to be able to talk to the Ukrainian technicians who run the plant. The plant traditionally supplies Ukraine with 20 percent of its electricity needs. The Interfax news agency quoted a Russian-appointed Zaporizhzhia government official as saying on Wednesday that two of the plant’s six reactors were operating.
Ukraine claims “successes” in fighting in the south
On the battlefield, Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelenskyy in a late-night speech on Tuesday said Ukrainian forces were attacking Russian positions in Ukraine along the entire front line in an offensive to try to retake the south. Zelensky said his forces were also on the offensive in the east. Russia seized large swathes of southern Ukraine near the Black Sea coast in the first weeks of the six-month war, including the Kherson region, which lies north of the Russian-annexed Crimean peninsula. Ukraine sees recapturing the region as critical to preventing Russian efforts to seize more territory further west that could eventually cut off its access to the Black Sea. WATCH l The aftermath of deadly strikes in Ukraine’s second-largest city:
Bombings of Kharkiv crush buildings, terrorize residents
Warning: Story contains graphic images A deadly attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine, left shattered buildings and terrified residents who have been bombed relentlessly throughout the war. Susan Ormiston shows the grief, loss and resilience of those who have suffered yet another attack on their lives. Britain, an ally of Ukraine, said Ukrainian formations in the south pushed back Russian front-line forces some distance, taking advantage of relatively thin Russian defenses. Ukraine said it had “successes” in three areas of the region, but declined to give details. Russia’s defense ministry denied reports of Ukrainian advances and said its troops had destroyed Ukrainian forces. Apart from Ukraine, European Union foreign ministers agreed on Wednesday to completely suspend the visa facilitation agreement with Russia, making it harder and more expensive for Russian citizens to enter the EU, the bloc’s foreign policy chief Josep Borell said. . Diplomats told the EU that ministers could not immediately agree a blanket ban on travel visas for Russians as member states were divided on the issue. Ukraine’s allies have accused Russia of using energy as a weapon in retaliation for Western sanctions. Moscow denies it is doing so and cites technical reasons for the supply cuts, but shrinking energy supplies are one of the factors that have driven eurozone inflation to significant levels, including August’s 9.1% tally in report published on Wednesday.
title: “International Nuclear Inspectors Arrive In Zaporizhzhia To Inspect Power Plant Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-24” author: “Jennifer Anderson”
A Reuters reporter following the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team in a convoy from the capital Kyiv said the inspectors had arrived in the nearby city of Zaporizhzhia, where they were likely to spend the night before visiting the plant, which is on land controlled by Russia on Thursday. Officials stationed by Russia in the area near the power station suggested the visit might last only one day, while the IAEA and Ukrainian officials suggested it would last longer. “The mission will last a few days. If we can establish a permanent presence or a continuous presence, then it will be extended. But this first part will last a few days,” said IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi. journalists in a hotel in Zaporizhzhia. Before leaving Kyiv, Grossi had told reporters that the group was “going into a war zone” and had received “express guarantees” of access from both the Russian Federation and Ukraine. Russian forces seized the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant soon after invading Ukraine on February 24 and are close to the front lines. (Alexander Ermochenko/Reuters)
The prospects for demilitarization at the site are unclear
Russia seized the plant, Europe’s largest, in early March as part of what Moscow calls a “special military operation”, which Kyiv and the West have described as an unprovoked invasion designed to grab land and erase Ukrainian ID card. A Russian military force has been at the plant since then, with Ukrainian labor continuing to run the facility. The United States has urged a complete shutdown of the plant and called for a demilitarized zone around it. WATCHES | What IAEA inspectors hope to achieve:
The UN nuclear energy panel will visit the Ukrainian plant this week
A team with the International Atomic Energy Agency will inspect Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant as fears remain that fighting in the vicinity could cause a radioactive leak. Ukraine’s Energy Minister German Galushenko said Thursday that the IAEA inspection was a step toward “de-occupying and demilitarizing” the site. Russia has said it has no intention of withdrawing its forces at this time. Asked about plans for a demilitarized zone at the plant, Grossi said it was a matter of political will and that his team was on a technical mission, with one of the main priorities being to be able to talk to the Ukrainian technicians who run the plant. The plant traditionally supplies Ukraine with 20 percent of its electricity needs. The Interfax news agency quoted a Russian-appointed Zaporizhzhia government official as saying on Wednesday that two of the plant’s six reactors were operating.
Ukraine claims “successes” in fighting in the south
On the battlefield, Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelenskyy in a late-night speech on Tuesday said Ukrainian forces were attacking Russian positions in Ukraine along the entire front line in an offensive to try to retake the south. Zelensky said his forces were also on the offensive in the east. Russia seized large swathes of southern Ukraine near the Black Sea coast in the first weeks of the six-month war, including the Kherson region, which lies north of the Russian-annexed Crimean peninsula. Ukraine sees recapturing the region as critical to preventing Russian efforts to seize more territory further west that could eventually cut off its access to the Black Sea. WATCH l The aftermath of deadly strikes in Ukraine’s second-largest city:
Bombings of Kharkiv crush buildings, terrorize residents
Warning: Story contains graphic images A deadly attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine, left shattered buildings and terrified residents who have been bombed relentlessly throughout the war. Susan Ormiston shows the grief, loss and resilience of those who have suffered yet another attack on their lives. Britain, an ally of Ukraine, said Ukrainian formations in the south pushed back Russian front-line forces some distance, taking advantage of relatively thin Russian defenses. Ukraine said it had “successes” in three areas of the region, but declined to give details. Russia’s defense ministry denied reports of Ukrainian advances and said its troops had destroyed Ukrainian forces. Apart from Ukraine, European Union foreign ministers agreed on Wednesday to completely suspend the visa facilitation agreement with Russia, making it harder and more expensive for Russian citizens to enter the EU, the bloc’s foreign policy chief Josep Borell said. . Diplomats told the EU that ministers could not immediately agree a blanket ban on travel visas for Russians as member states were divided on the issue. Ukraine’s allies have accused Russia of using energy as a weapon in retaliation for Western sanctions. Moscow denies it is doing so and cites technical reasons for the supply cuts, but shrinking energy supplies are one of the factors that have driven eurozone inflation to significant levels, including August’s 9.1% tally in report published on Wednesday.
title: “International Nuclear Inspectors Arrive In Zaporizhzhia To Inspect Power Plant Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-23” author: “Guy Serpa”
A Reuters reporter following the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team in a convoy from the capital Kyiv said the inspectors had arrived in the nearby city of Zaporizhzhia, where they were likely to spend the night before visiting the plant, which is on land controlled by Russia on Thursday. Officials stationed by Russia in the area near the power station suggested the visit might last only one day, while the IAEA and Ukrainian officials suggested it would last longer. “The mission will last a few days. If we can establish a permanent presence or a continuous presence, then it will be extended. But this first part will last a few days,” said IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi. journalists in a hotel in Zaporizhzhia. Before leaving Kyiv, Grossi had told reporters that the group was “going into a war zone” and had received “express guarantees” of access from both the Russian Federation and Ukraine. Russian forces seized the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant soon after invading Ukraine on February 24 and are close to the front lines. (Alexander Ermochenko/Reuters)
The prospects for demilitarization at the site are unclear
Russia seized the plant, Europe’s largest, in early March as part of what Moscow calls a “special military operation”, which Kyiv and the West have described as an unprovoked invasion designed to grab land and erase Ukrainian ID card. A Russian military force has been at the plant since then, with Ukrainian labor continuing to run the facility. The United States has urged a complete shutdown of the plant and called for a demilitarized zone around it. WATCHES | What IAEA inspectors hope to achieve:
The UN nuclear energy panel will visit the Ukrainian plant this week
A team with the International Atomic Energy Agency will inspect Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant as fears remain that fighting in the vicinity could cause a radioactive leak. Ukraine’s Energy Minister German Galushenko said Thursday that the IAEA inspection was a step toward “de-occupying and demilitarizing” the site. Russia has said it has no intention of withdrawing its forces at this time. Asked about plans for a demilitarized zone at the plant, Grossi said it was a matter of political will and that his team was on a technical mission, with one of the main priorities being to be able to talk to the Ukrainian technicians who run the plant. The plant traditionally supplies Ukraine with 20 percent of its electricity needs. The Interfax news agency quoted a Russian-appointed Zaporizhzhia government official as saying on Wednesday that two of the plant’s six reactors were operating.
Ukraine claims “successes” in fighting in the south
On the battlefield, Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelenskyy in a late-night speech on Tuesday said Ukrainian forces were attacking Russian positions in Ukraine along the entire front line in an offensive to try to retake the south. Zelensky said his forces were also on the offensive in the east. Russia seized large swathes of southern Ukraine near the Black Sea coast in the first weeks of the six-month war, including the Kherson region, which lies north of the Russian-annexed Crimean peninsula. Ukraine sees recapturing the region as critical to preventing Russian efforts to seize more territory further west that could eventually cut off its access to the Black Sea. WATCH l The aftermath of deadly strikes in Ukraine’s second-largest city:
Bombings of Kharkiv crush buildings, terrorize residents
Warning: Story contains graphic images A deadly attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine, left shattered buildings and terrified residents who have been bombed relentlessly throughout the war. Susan Ormiston shows the grief, loss and resilience of those who have suffered yet another attack on their lives. Britain, an ally of Ukraine, said Ukrainian formations in the south pushed back Russian front-line forces some distance, taking advantage of relatively thin Russian defenses. Ukraine said it had “successes” in three areas of the region, but declined to give details. Russia’s defense ministry denied reports of Ukrainian advances and said its troops had destroyed Ukrainian forces. Apart from Ukraine, European Union foreign ministers agreed on Wednesday to completely suspend the visa facilitation agreement with Russia, making it harder and more expensive for Russian citizens to enter the EU, the bloc’s foreign policy chief Josep Borell said. . Diplomats told the EU that ministers could not immediately agree a blanket ban on travel visas for Russians as member states were divided on the issue. Ukraine’s allies have accused Russia of using energy as a weapon in retaliation for Western sanctions. Moscow denies it is doing so and cites technical reasons for the supply cuts, but shrinking energy supplies are one of the factors that have driven eurozone inflation to significant levels, including August’s 9.1% tally in report published on Wednesday.
title: “International Nuclear Inspectors Arrive In Zaporizhzhia To Inspect Power Plant Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-13” author: “William Ceaser”
A Reuters reporter following the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team in a convoy from the capital Kyiv said the inspectors had arrived in the nearby city of Zaporizhzhia, where they were likely to spend the night before visiting the plant, which is on land controlled by Russia on Thursday. Officials stationed by Russia in the area near the power station suggested the visit might last only one day, while the IAEA and Ukrainian officials suggested it would last longer. “The mission will last a few days. If we can establish a permanent presence or a continuous presence, then it will be extended. But this first part will last a few days,” said IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi. journalists in a hotel in Zaporizhzhia. Before leaving Kyiv, Grossi had told reporters that the group was “going into a war zone” and had received “express guarantees” of access from both the Russian Federation and Ukraine. Russian forces seized the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant soon after invading Ukraine on February 24 and are close to the front lines. (Alexander Ermochenko/Reuters)
The prospects for demilitarization at the site are unclear
Russia seized the plant, Europe’s largest, in early March as part of what Moscow calls a “special military operation”, which Kyiv and the West have described as an unprovoked invasion designed to grab land and erase Ukrainian ID card. A Russian military force has been at the plant since then, with Ukrainian labor continuing to run the facility. The United States has urged a complete shutdown of the plant and called for a demilitarized zone around it. WATCHES | What IAEA inspectors hope to achieve:
The UN nuclear energy panel will visit the Ukrainian plant this week
A team with the International Atomic Energy Agency will inspect Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant as fears remain that fighting in the vicinity could cause a radioactive leak. Ukraine’s Energy Minister German Galushenko said Thursday that the IAEA inspection was a step toward “de-occupying and demilitarizing” the site. Russia has said it has no intention of withdrawing its forces at this time. Asked about plans for a demilitarized zone at the plant, Grossi said it was a matter of political will and that his team was on a technical mission, with one of the main priorities being to be able to talk to the Ukrainian technicians who run the plant. The plant traditionally supplies Ukraine with 20 percent of its electricity needs. The Interfax news agency quoted a Russian-appointed Zaporizhzhia government official as saying on Wednesday that two of the plant’s six reactors were operating.
Ukraine claims “successes” in fighting in the south
On the battlefield, Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelenskyy in a late-night speech on Tuesday said Ukrainian forces were attacking Russian positions in Ukraine along the entire front line in an offensive to try to retake the south. Zelensky said his forces were also on the offensive in the east. Russia seized large swathes of southern Ukraine near the Black Sea coast in the first weeks of the six-month war, including the Kherson region, which lies north of the Russian-annexed Crimean peninsula. Ukraine sees recapturing the region as critical to preventing Russian efforts to seize more territory further west that could eventually cut off its access to the Black Sea. WATCH l The aftermath of deadly strikes in Ukraine’s second-largest city:
Bombings of Kharkiv crush buildings, terrorize residents
Warning: Story contains graphic images A deadly attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine, left shattered buildings and terrified residents who have been bombed relentlessly throughout the war. Susan Ormiston shows the grief, loss and resilience of those who have suffered yet another attack on their lives. Britain, an ally of Ukraine, said Ukrainian formations in the south pushed back Russian front-line forces some distance, taking advantage of relatively thin Russian defenses. Ukraine said it had “successes” in three areas of the region, but declined to give details. Russia’s defense ministry denied reports of Ukrainian advances and said its troops had destroyed Ukrainian forces. Apart from Ukraine, European Union foreign ministers agreed on Wednesday to completely suspend the visa facilitation agreement with Russia, making it harder and more expensive for Russian citizens to enter the EU, the bloc’s foreign policy chief Josep Borell said. . Diplomats told the EU that ministers could not immediately agree a blanket ban on travel visas for Russians as member states were divided on the issue. Ukraine’s allies have accused Russia of using energy as a weapon in retaliation for Western sanctions. Moscow denies it is doing so and cites technical reasons for the supply cuts, but shrinking energy supplies are one of the factors that have driven eurozone inflation to significant levels, including August’s 9.1% tally in report published on Wednesday.
