“We are getting dangerously close to a nuclear accident” in Zaporizhia, the head of the International Energy Agency warned on Monday. Rafael Grossi denounced the recent attacks against the Ukrainian nuclear power plant.
“We cannot stand by and do nothing while waiting for a final weight to tip the balance into an unstable balance,” he argued. The ZNPP site (ZNPP), occupied since March 2022 by Russia in southern Ukraine, suffered a series of drone attacks from April 7, with Moscow and kyiv mutually blaming each other for responsibility. The first to directly target Europe’s largest power plant since November 2022, “must stop immediately”, argued Grossi during a meeting of the UN Security Council dedicated to this issue. ‘Two years of war weigh heavily on the safety of the Zaporizzhia nuclear power Plant. Each of the IAEA's seven pillars of nuclear security and safety have been compromised,’ said Grossi.