IAEA head shares concern over nuclear plant in Kursk region as Ukraine’s incursion efforts intensify.
The director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Rafael Grossishared his concern due to the potential risks to which the nuclear power plant in the Russian city of Kurchatovafter visiting the facilities this Tuesday.
In a meeting with those responsible for the plant, the person in charge of the United Nations said its goal was to “determine a path forward” and “maximize the necessary cooperation” to “preserve and prevent any accident or any violation of the safety pillars established by the IAEA.”
A plant with a very fragile roof
He highlighted the potential threats that drones could pose to the plantnoting that recent events near the facility, stemming from Ukraine’s incursion into Russia, have increased these concerns.
“The reactor core containing nuclear material is protected only by a normal roof. This makes it extremely exposed and fragile, for example, to the impact of artillery or a drone or a missile. This war is not the responsibility of the IAEA, what is the responsibility of the IAEA is to ensure that that no nuclear accident occurs“.
The Ukrainian Army would have launched a drone against the road that passes next to the reactors of the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, under Russian control since March 2022, which represents a threat to the security of this facility, the managers of the facility reported on Telegram. plant under Russian control.
Zelensky will present his peace plan to Harris and Trump
Grossi will travel to kyiv next week to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Meanwhile, Zelensky announced that Ukraine will present what it called “victory plan“ to the United States in September. He intends to share it with both Kamala Harris as with Donald Trumpsaying that its success depends on your support.
A peace plan in four phases
The Ukrainian leader outlined four different parts of the plan: “One of the areas where some of the work has been done is the region of Kursk. The second is Ukraine’s strategic place in the global security infrastructure. The third is a powerful package to force Russia to end the war by diplomatic means. The fourth is economic, I’m not going to talk about that.”
He emphasized the importance of the Kursk region in the victory plannoting that the surprise raid that began on August 6led to the withdrawal of Russian troops from eastern Ukraine.
Russia has expressed its continuing interest in the total occupation of Donbass Ukrainian. Zelensky claims that the Kursk raid helped prevent the possible occupation of parts of the Kharkiv, Sumy and Chernigov regions.
