The staff of inspectors from the Worldwide Atomic Power Company on Thursday arrived on the besieged Zaporizhzhia nuclear energy plant in southern Ukraine, a spokesman for the United Nations group informed Efe.

Ukraine’s nuclear power agency Energoatom additionally confirmed the arrival of the mission led by IAEA’s director common Rafael Grossi.

The Zaporizhzhia nuclear energy plant, which sits on the southern financial institution of the Dnieper river, is occupied by Russian forces however operated by Ukrainian technicians. The continued battle within the area following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, sounded worldwide alarm over a attainable nuclear catastrophe.

Earlier than making the final leg of the journey, Grossi spoke with reporters within the metropolis of Zaporizhzhia, near the entrance traces in southern Ukraine and roughly 120 kilometers (74.5 miles) from the nuclear plant.

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