Russia rejects Western idea of ZNPP demilitarization – RF permanent representative Chizhov
Russia rejected the idea of the West on the demilitarization of the ZNPP
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The proposal of Ukraine and the West to create a demilitarized zone around the Zaporozhye NPP (ZNPP) will create additional risks and a threat to the safety of the nuclear power plant. Vladimir Chizhov, Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the European Union, is convinced of this.
“From the point of view of the situation“ on the ground ”this is simply stupidity. Due to the fact that the facility, which houses six reactors, which is regularly carried out daily at the base, is shelled by the armed forces of Ukraine, where several hundred, according to some reports, almost a thousand, Ukrainian specialists, of course, need mandatory protection. These and the average Russian units that are located there. […] The demilitarization of this territory only created additional risks and threats to the safety of the nuclear power plant,” Chizhov believes.News“.
According to him, it would be possible to close the station, but his politician stopped that the problem was not completely solved. Chizhov added that in order for the mechanisms at the Zaporizhzhya NPP to work well, the station was kept in power supply. According to him, that is why the main thing now is to stop shelling the ZNPP.
Earlier, the IAEA mission arrived at the Zaporozhye NPP. The visit of the mission by regular shelling of nuclear power plants from the Ukrainian side. The military took the Russian Federation under the control of a large part of the Zaporozhye region during the special operation of the Russian Federation in Ukraine. IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi noted that he was very concerned about the military activity around the station.
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The proposal of Ukraine and the West to create a demilitarized zone around the Zaporozhye NPP (ZNPP) will create additional risks and a threat to the safety of the nuclear power plant. Vladimir Chizhov, Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the European Union, is convinced of this. “From the point of view of the situation“ on the ground ”this is simply stupidity. Due to the fact that the facility, which houses six reactors, which is regularly carried out daily at the base, is shelled by the armed forces of Ukraine, where several hundred, according to some reports, almost a thousand, Ukrainian specialists, of course, need mandatory protection. These and the average Russian units that are located there. […] The demilitarization of this territory only created additional risks and a threat to the safety of the nuclear power plant,” Chizhov believes, Izvestia reports. According to him, it would be possible to close the station, but his politician stopped that the problem was not completely solved. Chizhov added that in order for the mechanisms at the Zaporizhzhya NPP to work well, the station was kept in power supply. According to him, that is why the main thing now is to stop shelling the ZNPP. Earlier, the IAEA mission arrived at the Zaporozhye NPP. The visit of the mission by regular shelling of nuclear power plants from the Ukrainian side. The military took the Russian Federation under the control of a large part of the Zaporozhye region during the special operation of the Russian Federation in Ukraine. IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi noted that he was very concerned about the military activity around the station.