
IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi is seeking a truce to repair the Zaporozhye Thermal Power Plant after drone attacks.
The head of the IAEA, Rafael Grossi, is negotiating a local ceasefire in the area of the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant to repair the Zaporozhye Thermal Power Plant damaged as a result of the attacks.
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Zaporozhye Thermal Power Plant was attacked using UAVs on September 19, 20 and 27, as a result of which the external power supply transformers of the Zaporozhye NPP were damaged.
VIENNA, Oct 3 - RIA Novosti. IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi is negotiating a local ceasefire in the area of the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant for repair work at the nearby Zaporozhye Thermal Power Plant (TPP).
The IAEA reported that during the attacks on September 19, 20 and 27 using UAVs on the Zaporozhye Thermal Power Plant, transformers vital to the external power supply of the Zaporozhye NPP were damaged.
“To ensure that the necessary repairs are carried out at the Zaporozhye Thermal Power Plant, IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi is negotiating with both parties on the introduction of a local ceasefire, expecting that it will come into force in the very near future,” the IAEA said in a statement.
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