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07:35: Rafael Grossi traveled to kyiv on Thursday
kyiv received a visit on Thursday from the director of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, who is also due to go to Moscow soon.
He came in particular to discuss the establishment of a “protection zone” around the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, regularly targeted by shots for which Russians and Ukrainians mutually blame each other.
Grossi insisted that this plant, the largest in Europe, remains “obviously” Ukrainian, despite its formal appropriation by Moscow on Wednesday via a decree signed by Vladimir Putin. “We continue to say what needs to be done, which is basically to avoid a nuclear accident at the plant, which remains a very, very clear possibility,” he argued.