SAccording to the agency, the fragments of the drone were found about 100 meters from the plant’s spent nuclear fuel deposit, after being intercepted “in the early hours of August 22”.
“Military activity in the vicinity of a nuclear power plant poses a serious risk to nuclear safety”warned the director general of the IAEA, Rafael Grossi, without specifying who flew the drone shot down in the area of the plant.
The head of the UN agency also announced a visit to the site next week.
Russian President Vladimir Putin today accused Ukraine of launching the attack on the plant, which Kyiv denied hours later, in an exchange of accusations between the parties.
The IAEA has urged the warring parties to avoid hostilities in the vicinity of nuclear power plants, particularly the Ukrainian Zaporizhia plant, occupied by Russia since March 2022.
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