The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will in the coming weeks send nuclear safety and security missions to three operating nuclear power stations in Ukraine and to the country’s Chernobyl site, director-general Rafael Grossi said.

Following a request from Ukraine, an agreement has been reached between the government and the IAEA to dispatch teams of agency nuclear safety and security experts to the South Ukraine, Khmelnitski and Rovno nuclear power stations.

Under the agreement, the IAEA will also send its third such expert mission during the current conflict to Chernobyl.

The IAEA already has a team of experts continuously present at the country’s largest such facility, the Zaporizhzhia nuclear station.