President Volodymyr Zelensky said that the IAEA mission could be sent to the captured Zaporozhye NPP in a legal way and very quickly. At the same time, Ukraine is ready to ensure proper control. He said this in the traditional evening address.

" Now they are working on sending an IAEA mission to the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant,"

According to him, only absolute transparency and controllability of the situation at the ZNPP and around it can guarantee for the Ukrainian state, for the international community, for the IAEA a gradual return to normal nuclear safety..

" This should happen without any conditions and as soon as possible,"

He also noted that Ukraine is ready to ensure proper control by the IAEA, and the corresponding mission can be sent to ZNPP in a legal way - quickly and as efficiently as possible..

On August 15, President 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.

As previously reported, the situation in Energodar, temporarily occupied by the Russian Federation, is dangerous due to the constant shelling of the territory of the Zaporozhye NPP by the Russian troops.. The Ukrainian authorities are developing an evacuation plan from the city and the zone of risk of radiation contamination in the event of an accident at the ZNPP, taking into account the military situation.