The United Nations denied the statements of the Russian side about allegedly blocking the visit of the International Atomic Energy Agency to the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant in Energodar occupied by Russian troops.

The organization stated that they were ready to support the IAEA mission if it received support from the Ukrainian authorities and occupiers.

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“The IAEA is a specialized agency that, in deciding how to carry out its specific mandate, acts with complete independence. The UN Secretariat does not have the authority to block or cancel any activity of the IAEA,” the UN Secretary General said in a statement..

In addition, being in close contact with the IAEA, the UN Secretariat concluded that in Ukraine they have all the logistics and security capabilities to support any IAEA mission to the Zaporozhye NPP from Kyiv. Only the consent of Russia and Ukraine is needed, the organization emphasized.

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As reported, on August 15, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky called on the international community to impose new sanctions against the nuclear industry of the Russian Federation due to the mining of the ZNPP territory..

The Verkhovna Rada also called on the UN, the EU, the European Council, the OSCE, the parliaments and governments of the IAEA member states to recognize the actions of the Russian Federation at the ZNPP as an act of nuclear terrorism and impose sanctions against the entire nuclear industry of the Russian Federation.