The Latest Breaking News from Zaporizhzhia

UN nuclear inspectors have carried out a preliminary inspection at the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, IAEA chief Rafael Grossi said Thursday, adding that part of his team would be staying on at the facility. The much-awaited arrival of the IAEA team was delayed for several hours due to increased military…

Head of IAEA says there is ‘a lot more to do’ at the Russia-controlled facility in south-east Ukraine

The international atomic watchdog has been to some of the world's toughest locations, but nothing quite like Europe's largest nuclear power plant in an active war zone.

The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, said on Wednesday the agency's planned visit to Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant was a "technical mission" that aimed to prevent a nuclear accident.

The IAEA mission to the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in southern Ukraine is a step towards "deoccupying and demilitarising" the site, Ukraine's energy minister told Reuters in a interview on Wednesday.

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) mission to the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant in southern Ukraine arrived in the Ukrainian-held city of Zaporizhzhia on Wednesday, from where they will travel to the Russian-occupied power station.

Russia welcomes the idea that IAEA experts could stay at Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant on a permanent basis, Mikhail Ulyanov, Russia's representative to the international organisations in Vienna, said on Wednesday.

Expert mission follows warnings of radiation disaster after nearby shelling

IAEA experts wait to inspect frontline facility while Russia says they must join a queue