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March 29, 2023

U.N. Nuclear Watchdog Chief Visits Zaporizhzhia in Hopes of Curbing Nuclear Disaster Risk
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Russia says it has begun drills with its Yars intercontinental ballistic
missile system, in a show of military might. Meanwhile, Ukraine has
received a first shipment of Leopard and Challenger armored tanks from
Germany and Britain amid intense fighting in the country's east.

The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Rafael Grossi, is
visiting the site of Europe's largest nuclear power plant in
Zaporizhzhia today. President Volodymyr Zelensky told Rossi the safety
at the nuclear power station cannot be guaranteed as long as it remains
under Russian occupation in what he called Moscow's "radiation
blackmail." Grossi said Tuesday talks to stem the risks of a nuclear
disaster are ongoing.

Rafael Grossi: "It might be possible to establish some form of
protection, perhaps not emphasizing so much the idea of a zone, but on
the protection itself, what people should do or shouldn't do to protect,
instead of having a territorial concept."



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