The mission of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which will visit the Russian-occupied nuclear power plant her Zaporozhyeon South Ukrainedeparted from Vienna and should arrive in Kyiv today, the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.

“The mission is expected to begin work at the Zaporizhia NPP in the coming days,” ministry spokesman Oleg Nikolenko wrote on Facebook.

Russia: Ukraine struck a fuel depot

It is noted that officials appointed by Russia in Ukraine said today that the Ukrainian missile attack opened a hole in the roof of the fuel storage at the nuclear power plant, RIA Novosti reported.

Vladimir Rogov, a member of the pro-Russian administration of the Zaporozhye region, posted a photo on Telegram that he said showed a hole in the roof of a building used to store the facility’s reactor fuel.

Reuters was unable to confirm this report.

Kyiv and Moscow deny the attack on Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, blaming each other for it. Both countries say that the situation at nuclear power plants threatens the security of Europe, and accuse each other of the threat of a nuclear catastrophe.

^{According to APE – MEB, Reuters, AFP}