DISINFO: The UN deliberately hampered the rotation of IAEA inspectors at Zaporizhzhia NPP
SUMMARY
The UN deliberately hampered the rotation of IAEA inspectors.
The “shift change” scheduled for February 7 has been postponed several times. Initially, representatives of the UN Security Department stated that everything would work out, and then changed their mind at the last moment.
RESPONSE
Recurring pro-Kremlin narrative about the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.
No evidence was provided to back the claim that the UN has deliberately postponed the rotation of IAEA inspectors at the NPP. In fact, according to IAEA, the replacement team is in Ukraine and was ready to start its duties at the scheduled time in early January.
Unlike at Zaporizhzhiya NPP, which was occupied by Russian forces at the beginning of March last year, the IAEA inspectors have free access to other Ukrainian NPPs, including the Chornobyl NPP, and their rotation takes place without delays.
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