Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency Rafael Grossi announced the start of the expansion of the agency's mission in Ukraine.

On Monday morning, January 16, he wrote that the IAEA is expanding its presence in Ukraine to help prevent a nuclear accident during the ongoing conflict..

“I am proud to be leading this mission in Ukraine, where we are expanding work at all nuclear power plants in the country to help ensure nuclear safety,” he said..

Now members of the IAEA team are already working at the Russian-occupied Zaporozhye nuclear power plant. It is expected that in the coming days, two experts will also be deployed at the Khmelnytsky, South Ukrainian, Rivne and Chernobyl nuclear power plants.

During his visit to Ukraine, Grossi plans to meet with the leadership of Ukraine to discuss the creation of a nuclear security zone around Zaporozhye, which has been repeatedly called for.

In particular, the president of the nuclear company Energoatom, Petr Kotin, questioned the calls of the International Atomic Energy Agency to the Ukrainian and Russian authorities to establish a security perimeter around the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine..