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Despite Zelensky’s claims, there’s no evidence that Russia has rigged Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya plant with explosives, nuclear watchdog says

Business Insider, Charles R. Davis , Jul 8, 2023

• The IAEA said Friday there’s no sign Russia plans to destroy the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant.
• Inspectors “have not seen any mines or explosives,” according to the head of the nuclear watchdog.
• However, the IAEA said its experts have not been provided full access to the facility.

The United Nations’ nuclear watchdog said Friday that it has seen no evidence that Russia intends to blow up the largest nuclear power plant in Europe, a finding that comes after the head of Ukraine’s military intelligence walked back an earlier warning of impending disaster.

In a status report on the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant, which Russian forces occupied soon after last year’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Rafael Mariano Grossi, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, said inspectors were recently provided “some additional access” to the facility after Ukraine claimed it had been rigged with bombs……………………………………..

Russia has repeatedly denied it has any intention of causing a nuclear disaster. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov this week argued that the real threat is Ukrainian “sabotage.”….  https://www.businessinsider.com/no-sign-russia-has-mined-zaporizhzhya-plant-nuclear-watchdog-says-2023-7

July 8, 2023 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | secrets,lies and civil liberties, spinbuster, Ukraine