The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency described the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station as Ukrainian, challenging president Vladimir Putin’s assertion that the facility is now part of Russia and saying annexations are “not acceptable under international law”.
Putin ordered his government on Wednesday (5 October) to take control of the six-unit station, which was seized by Russian forces in March, but the head of Ukraine’s state nuclear energy company Energoatom said the same day that he was taking charge of it and moving administration of the facility to Kyiv.
“This is a matter that has to do with international law,” IAEA director-general Rafael Grossi told a news conference during a visit to Kyiv for talks with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy.
Putin ordered his government on Wednesday (5 October) to take control of the six-unit station, which was seized by Russian forces in March, but the head of Ukraine’s state nuclear energy company Energoatom said the same day that he was taking charge of it and moving administration of the facility to Kyiv.
“This is a matter that has to do with international law,” IAEA director-general Rafael Grossi told a news conference during a visit to Kyiv for talks with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy.
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