The IAEA team based at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) has been informed of further military attacks on targets in the city of Enerhodar, where most plant staff live, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said.
Earlier today, the IAEA team members were taken to two places in the city to observe damage they were told had been caused by shelling and drone strikes on Friday, including to a building where they saw debris and broken windows. The IAEA team could not immediately confirm the exact timing or cause of the damage. The ZNPP training centre – located outside the site – has also been targeted several times this year, according to information provided by the plant.
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Source: International Atomic Energy Agency
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