Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the UN Serhiy Kyslytsia called the Security Council meeting on Tuesday a waste of time and called on the IAEA to think about the permanent presence of its representatives at the ZNPP in order to see the real situation, and not a theatrical performance staged by the Russian Federation.

He stated this during a meeting of the UN Security Council convened by the Russian Federation on August 23..

" The terrorist country does not stop playing with the international community. They had the audacity to convene the UN Security Council to discuss their own provocations, their own terror at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant. The current situation clearly shows us that nuclear threats arise due to the illegal presence of the Russian Federation at a nuclear facility,” Kislitsa said..

The Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the UN noted the need for the withdrawal of Russian guns and troops, as well as the return of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant under the legitimate control of Ukraine.

“I would like Russia to gather us here so that we can hear the only thing that the whole world wants to hear – a statement that Russia is demilitarizing the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, withdrawing its troops and transferring it to the control of Ukraine,” Kyslytsya said..

He also refuted claims by the Russian representative that Ukrainian shelling had aggravated the security situation at the Zaporozhye nuclear test site..

“Russian narratives about Ukrainian shelling of the station do not stand up to scrutiny. No reasonable person can imagine that Ukraine will target a nuclear power plant with a huge risk of a nuclear catastrophe on its own territory.. Such a catastrophe will lead to numerous deaths and pollution for many years to come,” Kislitsa said..

He also called on the IAEA to consider the possibility of the permanent presence of its representatives at the ZNPP in order to be able to see the real situation, and not the “performances” of Russia.

" ZNPP is a Ukrainian facility located on the territory of Ukraine. The occupants taught certain hostages what they should say and what to show to the representatives of the IAEA. That is why it is very important to carry out the mission in such a way as to allow the international community to see the real situation that prevails there, and not a Russian theatrical performance,” Kislitsa said..

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Earlier, IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi announced that he would send specialists to ZNPP over the next few days if the ongoing negotiations were successful..

As reported, the invaders continue to accumulate equipment and increase the number of military personnel on the territory of the Zaporozhye NPP.

The sharp increase in Russian military and propaganda activity around the Zaporozhye NPP indicates that the Kremlin has developed a special scenario for playing the “nuclear” card. It is possible that the “nuclear-political attack” should become the main mechanism for completing the “special military operation” and the hybrid nuclear blackmail of the West. What the Kremlin is up to and how to counteract it, read the article by Mikhail Gonchar "