Ukraine updates: IAEA rejects Russian control of nuclear plant

Ukraine news from October 6: It’s ‘obvious’ Russian-controlled nuclear power plant belongs to Ukraine, IAEA chief says.

FILE PHOTO: A Russian all-terrain armoured vehicle is parked outside the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant during the visit of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) expert mission in the course of Ukraine-Russia conflict outside Enerhodar in the Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, September 1, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko/File Photo
A Russian all-terrain armoured vehicle is parked outside the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant outside Enerhodar, Ukraine [File: Alexander Ermochenko/Reuters]
By Mersiha Gadzo and David Child
Published On 6 Oct 2022
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Updated: 
6 Oct 2022
(21:07 GMT)
  • Head of the the UN’s nuclear watchdog says during a visit to Kyiv that it is “obvious” that the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant belongs to Ukraine.
  • President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accuses Russia of “nuclear blackmail”, a day after Moscow and Kyiv sparred over control of the Zaporizhzhia power plant.