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Ukraine
' s
President
Volodimir Zelensky
has criticized what he sees as obstruction of independent media covering the
UN visit to the
Zaporizhia
nuclear power plant
.
"It is terrible that the occupiers are trying to turn this necessary IAEA
mission
into a pointless tour of the nuclear station,"
Zelensky
lamented in his late-night speech.
The
IAEA
inspectors will remain at the nuclear plant until Sunday or Monday.
The head of the mission,
Rafael Grossi
, said Thursday after entering the building that "the physical integrity" of the
Zaporizhia
nuclear
power plant
, occupied by Russian troops and bombed in recent weeks, has been
"violated"
.
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The FBI seizes assets in New York linked to a Russian oligarch
Federal agents and the New York police carried out a search on Thursday in an apartment and a residence in New York linked to the Russian oligarch Viktor Vekselberg, from where they left carrying several boxes, according to
channel 4
of the
NBC network
and other local media. .
Agents from the Department of Homeland Security, the FBI and the New York City police appeared this morning at the luxurious building, identified as 515 Park Avenue in Manhattan, as well as at a mansion, located at 19 Duck Pond Lane in Southhampton, Long Island, which records show are linked to Vekselberg, a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Last March, the Spanish Civil Guard, together with the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security, confiscated a yacht from Vekselberg, valued at 90 million dollars, as part of the sanctions imposed by the US against allies of Putin.
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IAEA inspectors will stay "until Sunday or Monday" in Zaporizhia
Inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (
IAEA
) will stay "until Sunday or Monday" at the
Russian
- occupied
Zaporizhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine
, the head of that UN agency,
Rafael Grossi
, announced on Thursday .
"A group will be there until Sunday or Monday to continue the evaluation" of the situation at the plant, which has been the target of bombing in recent weeks, Grossi said upon returning to territory controlled by Ukraine, which was part of the mission of 14 inspectors. who during the day visited Zaporizhia.
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The head of the IAEA denounces that "the physical integrity" of the Zaporizhia plant has been "violated"
The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (
IAEA
),
Rafael Grossi
, said Thursday that
"the physical integrity" of the Ukrainian nuclear power plant in Zaporizhia
, occupied by Russian troops and bombed in recent weeks,
was "violated"
.
"It is evident that (...) the physical integrity of the plant was violated on several occasions" and
"this cannot happen again"
, declared Grossi
after returning to the territory controlled by Ukraine
after inspecting the nuclear power plant during the day.
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Zelensky accuses Russia of obstructing the UN mission to Zaporizhia: "They have turned it into a useless tour of the nuclear power plant"
Ukraine
's
President
Volodimir Zelensky
on Thursday criticized what he sees as obstruction of independent media covering the
UN visit to the
Zaporizhia
nuclear power plant
.
In his late-night speech,
Zelensky
explained that he had agreed with the
International Atomic Energy Agency
(
IAEA
) mission that various independent media "would accompany the mission so that the world can see the truth and what is really happening."
However, he says,
Russia
has blocked access to journalists and "has organized a crowd of its propagandists."
"It is terrible that the occupiers are trying to turn this necessary IAEA
mission
into a pointless tour of the nuclear station,"
Zelensky
said .
The expert delegation from 14
IAEA members arrived at the
Zaporizhia
nuclear power plant on
Thursday, after months of negotiations to enter Europe's largest nuclear plant.
The plant is occupied by Russian forces but run by Ukrainian engineers since the early days of the
war in Ukraine
.
Ukraine
alleges that
Russia
is using it as a shield to launch attacks, while Moscow accuses Ukraine of recklessly firing in the area.
Despite his disapproval of the circumstances of the
IAEA
visit ,
Zelensky
says that "the mission will nonetheless draw objective conclusions from the circumstances at the station" that would allow it to operate safely again.
Reports AP
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