UN inspectors finally reach Ukraine nuclear plant after reactor emergency shutdown and shelling

The International Atomic Energy Agency’s mission has arrived at the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant, where the plant is located, after several hours of delay due to shelling around Enerhodar.

Prior to the visit, IAEA chief Rafael Grossi said the mission was aware of “increased military activity in the region” but was determined to go ahead with its plans to visit the facility and meet with personnel there.

Earlier, the country’s state nuclear power company said the plant’s fifth reactor had been shut down as a result of the shelling.

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Meanwhile, the Russian military is focusing its efforts on restoring supply lines and maintaining a hold on occupied territories in Ukraine, the country’s armed forces said in an operational update on Thursday morning.

The comments come amid a renewed push by Kyiv to reclaim Russian-occupied lands, especially in the south of the country around the city of Kherson. Ukrainian forces have attacked supply routes in the city, including major bridges across the Dnipro River.

A team of nuclear experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency has arrived at the Zaporizhzhya nuclear plant after several hours of delay due to shelling near the facility.

Ravil Maganov, the chairman of Russia’s second-largest oil producer Lukoil, died on Thursday after falling from a hospital window in Moscow, two sources familiar with the situation said, becoming the latest in a series of sudden unexplained deaths. Gone.

Sources confirmed several Russian media reports that the 67-year-old had died, but the circumstances surrounding his fall were unclear.

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Two people who knew Maganov well told Reuters they believed there was little chance that he might have committed suicide.

Another source close to the company said there was a belief inside Lukoil management that he had killed himself, but had not seen evidence or documents to support it.

Asked by Reuters whether they were investigating the death as a suspect, Moscow police referred the question to a state investigative committee. The committee did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Lukoil said in a statement that Maganov “died after a serious illness”.

“Many thousands of Lukoil employees deeply mourn this grave loss and express their deepest condolences to the family of Ravil Maganov,” it said.

Several other senior executives associated with Russia’s energy industry have died suddenly in the past few months under unclear circumstances.

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According to remarks reported by Russian state news agency Interfax, Russia’s foreign minister has said that Moscow does not intend to cut off contact with Western countries completely and will listen to them when they are “mature”. is ready.

Speaking to students in Moscow, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov blamed the West for shutting down talks with Russia.

“Now we have no illusions, the inability of Europeans to communicate is evident, as well as Americans, in fact. They cut off all channels, all kinds of conversations, and now we are for our own safety and accelerated social development. Cannot rely on them with respect to key technologies,” the minister said.

Lavrov stressed that Russia is not “cutting off contact completely” with the West, but will take them on a “mutually beneficial basis”.

“Everything depends on our partners: when they mature, we will be ready to listen to them,” Lavrov said.

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UN inspectors finally reach Ukraine nuclear plant after reactor emergency shutdown and shelling

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