Update 293 – IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine

We exchanged views on regional and international security challenges, said the Minister of National Defense.

Russia continues to use the occupied Zaporizhzhia NPP as a military base and a tool of political blackmail, and systematically interferes with the work of IAEA mission experts.

Zaporizhzhya NPP remains on the same power line for a record three weeks

Update 293 – IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine

May292025 Language English 40/2025 Vienna, Austria Nuclear Safety, Security and Safeguards in Ukraine English Ukraine Conflict Press Centre Director General Corner The off-site power situation at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) remains extremely fragile, with Europe’s largest such site currently relying on just one single power line for essential nuclear safety and security functions compared with ten before the military co…

Russia uses the Zapadnaya NPP as a military base and a tool of political blackmail - Representation of Ukraine to the OSCE and the UNRussia uses the Zapadnaya NPP as a military base and a tool of blackmail, obstructing the work of the IAEA mission. Ukraine calls for increased pressure on the Russian Federation to de-occupy the plant.