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1. Drone Hits IAEA Vehicle on Road to Russian-Held Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant,
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DRONE HITS IAEA VEHICLE ON ROAD TO RUSSIAN-HELD ZAPORIZHZHIA NUCLEAR PLANT,
AGENCY SAYS
By Reuters
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Dec. 10, 2024
By Reuters
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Dec. 10, 2024, at 2:51 p.m.
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Drone Hits IAEA Vehicle on Road to Russian-Held Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant,
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A view shows an official vehicle of the International Atomic Energy Agency
(IAEA) damaged by a drone strike on a road in Zaporizhzhia region, amid Russia's
ongoing attack, in Ukraine, December 10, 2024. Ukraine's President Volodymyr
Zelenskiy via X/Handout via REUTERS
BERLIN (Reuters) -A drone hit and severely damaged an official vehicle of the
International Atomic Energy Agency on the road to Ukraine's Russian-held
Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant on Tuesday, the agency's head said.
There were no casualties and the teams are safe, Rafael Grossi, director general
of the U.N. nuclear watchdog, said in a video posted on X.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said the strike was a deliberate Russian
attack that showed Moscow had total disregard for international law and
institutions.
In a statement, Russia's Defence Ministry made no mention of the incident, which
occurred as contingents of IAEA monitors were being rotated in and out of the
station. But the statement strongly suggested Moscow's forces would not have
been responsible for any such attack.
"I condemn in the most firm terms this attack on the IAEA staff," Grossi said.
"We call, once again, as we have done it before, for the utmost restraint."
Grossi said attacking a nuclear power plant is a no-go and attacking those
working to prevent a nuclear accident during the military conflict is "even more
unacceptable."
He made no suggestion of who might have been responsible.
A picture posted alongside his statement showed a vehicle with clear IAEA
markings, its rear portion badly damaged.
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Zelenskiy, also writing on X, said: "This attack clearly demonstrated how Russia
treats anything related to international law, global institutions, and safety.
The Russians could not have been unaware of their target; they knew exactly what
they were doing and acted deliberately."
He called for "a clear and decisive response" from the IAEA and other
international bodies.
Russia seized the Zaporizhzhia plant, Europe's biggest nuclear power station,
soon after Moscow's 2022 invasion of its neighbour. Each side in the
33-month-old war has since accused the other of shelling the plant and
endangering nuclear safety.
The Russian Defence Ministry, writing on Telegram, said Russian forces had
overseen the staff rotation and had "strictly observed" a 12-hour ceasefire
declared along the route taken by the IAEA personnel escorted in and out of the
plant.
Forensic specialists, it said, had checked the site for unexploded ordnance it
said might have been left over from Ukrainian shelling.
(Reporting by Maria Martinez and Ron PopeskiEditing by Bill Berkrot and Rod
Nickel)
Copyright 2024 Thomson Reuters.
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