Grossi Visits Kaliningrad to Discuss Zaporizhzhia Issue

A spokesman for the International Atomic Energy Agency stated that Director General Rafael Grossi will visit the Russian region of Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea on Wednesday to discuss the safety of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, located near the frontline between Russian and Ukrainian forces. Grossi visited the facility last week, which is situated in Ukrainian territory but controlled by Russia. He indicated that the situation has worsened, with military activity around the plant, the largest nuclear facility in Europe, increasing in intensity over the past few months. He has repeatedly warned that attacks on the plant, which Ukraine and Russia accuse each other of carrying out, could lead to a disaster similar to Chernobyl. Ukraine accuses Russia of using the plant as a weapons depot, which Moscow denies.