Russia will do “everything necessary” to allow experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to visit the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Monday, citing Reuters.

• “In close cooperation with the Agency and its management, we will do everything necessary so that the IAEA specialists are at the station and give a true assessment of the destructive actions of the Ukrainian side,” Zakharova said.

Europe’s largest Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant was captured by Russia during the invasion of Ukraine. In recent days, the station has been heavily bombed, and both Moscow and Kyiv accuse each other of risking a nuclear accident.

Ukraine has accused Russian troops of using the nuclear power plant as a fortress from which to shell the small towns of Nikopol and Marganets, located on the other side of the Dnipro reservoir.

Russia, on the other hand, claims that Ukraine is bombarding the plant with the use of drones, heavy artillery and salvo fire systems.

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