Zelenski accuses Russia of hindering the presence of journalists during the IAEA visit to Zaporizhia

Sep. 2 () –

The Ukrainian president, Volodimir Zelenski, has assured this Thursday that the Russian troops have not allowed Ukrainian journalists and international media to accompany the mission of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant.

Zelenski explained that during the meeting he held on Tuesday with the director of the IAEA, Rafael Grossi, he asked that a team of independent journalists accompany the mission to objectively report the situation of the plant, something that Russia would have refused. .

“When we met with Mr. Grossi and the members of the mission in kyiv, we agreed that the mission would be accompanied by journalists from the Ukrainian and international media. Independent journalists. For the world to see the truth (…) Unfortunately , the occupiers have not allowed journalists to enter,” the president said in his daily speech to the Ukrainian population.

Instead, Russia would have organized “a mass of its propagandists”, a fact that Zelensky has lamented, since not even the IAEA representatives would have protected the representatives of the independent media.

Likewise, the Ukrainian head of state has asserted that he has “clear evidence” that Russia would have “deceived” the IAEA mission in other ways.

“With the help of intimidation of the residents of the city of Energodar (near the plant), the occupiers have forced people to lie to IAEA representatives,” Zelensky added.

However, the Ukrainian president has shared his wishes that the mission “draw objective conclusions from the circumstances at the plant.”

“For more than three decades, five nuclear power plants have been under the direction of our specialists (…) The IAEA has never commented on the activities of any of these facilities until Russia invaded our territory and brought its madness here” said the president.