President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy welcomed the arrival of the mission of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to the Zaporozhye NPP, despite enemy shelling and provocations. But he stressed that the Russian Federation, whose troops seized the station, took measures to deceive the inspectors.

“Ukraine has done everything to make this mission happen.. But it's bad that the occupiers are trying to turn the right thing into a fruitless tour of the station. We have clear evidence that Russia did a lot of cynical things to deceive the mission.. In particular, by intimidating the residents of Energodar,” he stressed in his evening address..

So, in addition to IAEA experts, independent journalists were supposed to get to the station, but the Russian occupiers did not let them in. According to Zelensky, this was agreed upon during his meeting with the Director General of the Agency Rafael Grossi in Kyiv..

“We agreed that the mission will be accompanied by journalists from Ukrainian and international media. Unfortunately, this is not done, although it was promised.. The occupiers did not let the journalists in, but organized a mass meeting of their propagandists. Unfortunately, the representatives of the IAEA did not protect representatives of the independent media,” the President added..

The goal of Ukrainian and international efforts should be the demilitarization of the territory of the station, Zelensky believes.

“It is bad that we have not yet heard relevant calls from the IAEA. Although we talked about this with Mr. Grossi at our meeting in Kyiv. It was key - key! - a clause on security in our agreements. This was clearly stated: demilitarization and full control of Ukrainian nuclear scientists,” he said..

The President of Ukraine considers it positive that IAEA representatives can draw objective conclusions about the risks that have arisen at the Zaporozhye NPP through the fault of the occupiers. The main thing is to have the will to draw objective conclusions, Zelensky summed up.