The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has observed that anti-personnel mines are back in place around the perimeter of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, which had been previously cleared of such explosives in November 2023. Russian troops have reinstalled these mines in the buffer zone, igniting concerns at Europe's largest nuclear facility. The Russian Permanent Representative in Vienna justified the mines as a normal precaution to protect the plant from attacks. Concurrently, Russian forces are conducting demining operations along the border of the Donetsk People's Republic and the Zaporozhye region, with a sapper team having neutralized approximately 800 explosive objects since the beginning of the year.
🇷🇺 army has again placed explosive devices near the occupied Zaporizhzhia NPP, @iaeaorg reports. They are located between the inner and outer fence around the nuclear power plant. Last November 🇷🇺 authorities claimed that they had cleared the #ZNPP of mines. This calls for an… https://t.co/nh4KGgeR9k
Russian soldiers from repair teams upgrade equipment and vehicles during the special military operation, using their skills to modernize troops’ machinery and weaponry. https://t.co/nghC8qV2Wb
A demining detachment of the Russian forces continues to carry out tasks on the border of the Donetsk People's Republic and the Zaporozhye region. The sapper team has already neutralized about 800 explosive objects since the start of the year https://t.co/l3W8HY68Vw
The Russian Permanent Representative in Vienna commented on the IAEA report about mines found around Zaporizhzhya NPP: "This is a normal means of protecting the plant from attacks, mines around the perimeter of ZNPP are dangerous only for rats, crows and saboteurs," he said. https://t.co/T131UmKuKG
Russian troops have reinstalled mines at Zaporizhzhia NPP's perimeter, IAEA revealed. Previously removed in November 2023, these mines in the plant's buffer zone raise concerns at Europe's largest nuclear facility. https://t.co/r1Jq4s4DN4
❗️Representatives of the International Atomic Energy Agency have discovered anti-personnel mines in the buffer zone of the #Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant. https://t.co/0mczFzk2K0
Mines have been laid again around the Zaporizhzhia atomic plant https://t.co/De0POtIJnl
⚡️IAEA chief: Previously removed mines at Zaporizhzhia power plant 'back in place.’ The monitoring mission of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has discovered mines along the perimeter of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, in a buffer zone between the facility’s…