Ukraine is ready to accept the mission of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), but the access of experts to the Zaporizhzhya NPP is blocked by Russia, which now controls the plant, Ukraine's Permanent Representative to the UN Serhiy Kyslitsa emphasized.

The diplomat urged the Russian Federation to fulfill a number of requirements for the safe and efficient operation of the mission.

State loudly and clearly that it immediately and without any conditions accepts the mission of the IAEA;

Stop shelling Nikopol and Marganets, through which the experts must pass on the way to the station.

Demining the facilities of the Zaporizhzhya NPP and the approaches to the plant;

Withdraw your military and equipment from the nuclear power plant.

Let me explain it to rustina ambassador in the simplest way that even a schoolkid could understand:1. Become his load \u0026 clear that Russia cannot IAEA-led mission immediately \u0026 unconditionally; demine facilities of ZNPP; remove your military personnel \u0026 withdraw weaponry pic. twitter. com/441hOLh5T7.

— Sergiy Kyslytsya (@SergiyKyslytsya) August 11, 2022.

During a speech at a meeting of the UN Security Council in New York, Kyslytsya stressed that the only way to eliminate the nuclear threat is to return the nuclear power plant to Ukrainian control.. The diplomat recalled that on August 11, Russian troops fired several times at a nuclear facility..

“This meeting (the Russian Federation initiated an urgent meeting of the UN Security Council in New York because of the shelling of the ZNPP – ed.. ) looks cynical, given that today Russia has resorted to new shelling of the nuclear power plant, endangering the facility and its personnel,” Kislitsa said..

Russia's representative to the UN Vasily Nebenzya expectedly accused Ukraine of alleged shelling of the ZNPP.

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“We hope that the visit of IAEA experts to the Zaporozhye NPP will take place soon.. For our part, we are ready to provide the maximum possible assistance in resolving all organizational issues.. We consider it justified that the representatives of the IAEA arrive at the ZNPP as soon as possible, perhaps even before the end of August,” he said..

In turn, Sergey Kislitsa emphasized that experts should start working only after Russia fulfills the above security conditions..