KYIV. Her team of inspectors International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) yesterday I went to my nuclear power plant Zaporozhyewhere he intends to maintain a permanent presence. IAEA director Rafael Grossi himself led the inspectors who passed through his territory in the morning. Ukrainian in the area of ​​the nuclear power plant, which is under the control of Russia.

In the afternoon, four of the nine cars of the inspectors left the plant. “In these few hours, we were able to collect a lot of information. The main thing I wanted to see, I saw,” Grossi said, according to the Russian news agency RIA. “The important thing is that the IAEA will maintain a permanent presence at the plant.”

Conflicts

The distance from the city of Zaporozhye, which remains under Ukrainian control, to Russian-controlled Energodar, next to the nuclear plant, is only 55 kilometers, but the inspectors’ journey to the continent’s largest nuclear plant was uneventful. A few hours before departure, there were collisions on the road along which they were going. Russia shelled the road, claiming to have prevented an attempt by Ukrainian forces to recapture the plant.

Kyiv advises Ukrainians to evacuate areas in the south and east before the onset of winter.

Meanwhile, the Ukrainian government has warned residents of areas in the south and east of the country where the Russian offensive is underway to leave before winter sets in. “I urge you to evacuate Donetsk (including the part of the region that remains under Ukrainian control), Kherson, Zaporozhye and part of the Kharkiv region before the onset of cold weather,” Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine Iryna Verechuk told Ukrainian television. “Whoever can, should plan how to leave.” So far, a mandatory evacuation order exists only for Donetsk, but, according to Verechuk, a recommendation is being considered to make it mandatory for other regions. The Ukrainian government cannot guarantee the operation of district heating and gas supply systems, without which it is difficult to survive in the harsh Ukrainian winter.

Yesterday, September 1, the school year began. According to the Ministry of Education of Ukraine, 286 school buildings were completely destroyed, about 2,300 were damaged.

Lavrov to Moldova

At the same time, from Moscow, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov sent a warning to the Moldovan government not to create problems for Russian troops stationed in Transnistria. Transnistria is a breakaway part of Moldova controlled by Moscow. “Everyone must understand that any action that will threaten our troops in Transnistria will be considered by international law as an attack on Russia,” the Russian minister said.