After the visiting of the mission of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), headed by IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi, at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (NPP), there should be no doubt about the danger posed by the presence of the russian occupation forces at the captured nuclear facility. The international representatives saw with their own eyes the real threat posed by the militarization of the Zaporizhzhia NPP and the violation of the fundamentals of nuclear safety. We hope that the world will receive complete and objective information regarding the actions of the invaders in the territory of the plant and the town of Enerhodar.
For its part, Ukraine did everything possible that the Mission would have free access to the facility and could conduct an independent and objective assessment of the situation.
We emphasize the following:
- for reasons of nuclear safety, a ten-kilometer demilitarized zone has to be created around the Zaporizhzhia NPP, which should be exist until the end of hostilities;
- the russian forces and occupation administration have to leave the territory of the plant and get out of the demilitarized zone;
- legitimate Ukrainian power has to return in Enerhodar;
- Zaporizhzhia NPP has to be returned under the control of Enerhoatom, in cooperation with IAEA and other independent international structures.