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Kiev blocking visit of IAEA inspectors to Zaporozhye NPP — regional official

According to Vladimir Rogov, Ukrainian authorities are afraid of "an IAEA official investigation of the facts of making dirty bombs for Ukrainian militants"

MOSCOW, July 12. /TASS/. Kiev is using any pretexts not to let a mission from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) visit the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant in Energodar, which is controlled by the Zaporozhye region military-civilian administration, an official of this administration said on Tuesday after Ukraine’s strike at Energodar.

"Kiev is looking for and creating any pretexts to prevent a visit of IAEA inspectors to the Zaporozhye NPP," Vladimir Rogov, a member of the council of the region’s military-civilian administration, wrote on his Telegram channel.

According to Rogov, Ukrainian authorities are afraid of "an IAEA official investigation of the facts of making dirty bombs for Ukrainian militants.".