Russian President Vladimir Putin tried to refute the report of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on September 6 on the situation at the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), but objected to himself. This was reported by the American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) in its report for September 7..

According to ISW experts, Putin said that there is no Russian military equipment on the territory of the ZNPP, except for elements of the National Guard. But during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the units of the Russian Guard performed both occupational functions and combat operations on the front line..

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The Russian dictator also accused the IAEA of acting under pressure from the West not to accuse Ukraine of shelling the nuclear power plant.. This sounds at least strange, given that the IAEA mission to the Zaporizhzhya NPP, we recall, was accompanied exclusively by representatives of the occupiers. And it was Russia in the UN Security Council that rejected the proposal to create a demilitarization zone around the ZNPP.

As ISW previously assessed, the IAEA report was a cryptic but scathing condemnation of Russian activities at the ZNPP.