IAEA demands that Russia withdraw tros from Zaporizhia NPP

This was reported by Reuters, according to Ukrinform.

The resution states that Russia should "immediately cease all actions against, and at, the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant and any other nuclear facility in Ukraine."

The resution adds that Russia's occupation of the ZNPP significantly increases the risk of a nuclear accident. Ukrainian personnel continue to erate the station in conditions that the IAEA called are threatening the safety of the facility.

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The document was submitted for consideration by the IAEA's highest decision-making body at the initiative of Canada and Pand on behalf of Ukraine, which is not a member of the Council of Governing Organizations.

The resution was supported by 26 states, while only two – Russia and China – spoke against it. Seven countries abstained.

As reported by Ukrinform, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba said that Russia, by seizing the ZNPP, seeks to disrupt Ukraine’s energy balance ahead of winter and prevent power exports to the Eurean Union in order to further increase its prices.