Latest IAEA mission rotation “political provocation” - ZNPP chief

Ruslan Karykov, CEO of the Zaporizhzhia NPP, stated this at a press conference on Tuesday, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.

"This is a provoked political and terrorist act. This is being done to remove Ukraine from the process of ensuring the plant’s safety," Karykov said.

He noted that such an incident is the first step in depriving Ukraine and the international community of truthful information about the actual situation of the Zaporizhzhia NPP. Karykov emphasized that the rotation of the IAEA mission must be done exclusively through the territory of Ukraine.

According to the CEO, the IAEA periodically provides reports and official information about the state of the Zaporizhzhia NPP and the equipment at the plant.

As reported, on March 2, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine sent a note of protest to the IAEA leadership in connection with the rotation of the agency's observers from the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant through the occupied territories.

Earlier, Russian media and Radio Liberty journalist Rikard Jozwiak wrote that the IAEA had for the first time rotated its personnel at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant through the Russian-occupied territories.