Vienna: Chiefs detained UkraineThe head of the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog said on Monday that the Russian-held nuclear power plant had been released.
“I welcome the release of Ihor Murashov, Director General of Ukraine zapsorizia nuclear power plants; I have received confirmation that Mr. murashov returned safely to his family,” Raffaello grossThe head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) gave this information on Twitter.
Kyiv on Saturday called for Murashov’s immediate release, condemning his “illegal detention”.
Zaporizhia, Europe’s largest nuclear power facility, has been at the center of tensions recently when Moscow and Kyiv accused each other of attacks on and near the plant, raising fears of a nuclear disaster.
Murashov was detained by a “Russian patrol” on Friday at around 4:00 p.m. local time (1300 GMT) on his way from the plant to the city of Energodar, the head of Ukraine’s nuclear agency Energoatom, Petro Kotin, said in a statement. . ,
They said Murashov’s vehicle was stopped, pulled out of the car and “blinded off, he was driven in an unknown direction”.
Ukraine’s foreign ministry said in a statement that it “strongly condemns illegal detention”.
According to Kotin, Murashov of the Zaporizhzhya plant “bears the main and special responsibility for nuclear and radiation safety”.
The nuclear plant is located in the Russian-occupied territory of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya region, which Russia annexed Friday along with three other regions in Ukraine: Donetsk, Lugansk and Kherson,
The shelling around the plant has prompted calls on Kyiv and its Western allies to demilitarize areas around nuclear facilities in Ukraine.
A UN surveillance team visited Zaporizhzhya in early September, and the IAEA is pushing Kyiv and Moscow to agree to establish a safety zone around the plant to avoid any nuclear accidents.
Grossi said over the weekend that he was looking forward to traveling to Kyiv and Moscow to discuss it this week.
“I welcome the release of Ihor Murashov, Director General of Ukraine zapsorizia nuclear power plants; I have received confirmation that Mr. murashov returned safely to his family,” Raffaello grossThe head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) gave this information on Twitter.
Kyiv on Saturday called for Murashov’s immediate release, condemning his “illegal detention”.
Zaporizhia, Europe’s largest nuclear power facility, has been at the center of tensions recently when Moscow and Kyiv accused each other of attacks on and near the plant, raising fears of a nuclear disaster.
Murashov was detained by a “Russian patrol” on Friday at around 4:00 p.m. local time (1300 GMT) on his way from the plant to the city of Energodar, the head of Ukraine’s nuclear agency Energoatom, Petro Kotin, said in a statement. . ,
They said Murashov’s vehicle was stopped, pulled out of the car and “blinded off, he was driven in an unknown direction”.
Ukraine’s foreign ministry said in a statement that it “strongly condemns illegal detention”.
According to Kotin, Murashov of the Zaporizhzhya plant “bears the main and special responsibility for nuclear and radiation safety”.
The nuclear plant is located in the Russian-occupied territory of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya region, which Russia annexed Friday along with three other regions in Ukraine: Donetsk, Lugansk and Kherson,
The shelling around the plant has prompted calls on Kyiv and its Western allies to demilitarize areas around nuclear facilities in Ukraine.
A UN surveillance team visited Zaporizhzhya in early September, and the IAEA is pushing Kyiv and Moscow to agree to establish a safety zone around the plant to avoid any nuclear accidents.
Grossi said over the weekend that he was looking forward to traveling to Kyiv and Moscow to discuss it this week.