Live: IAEA chief says team en route to Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant

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Issued on: 29/08/2022 – 06:47Modified: 29/08/2022 – 06:49

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Rafael Grossi said Monday he was leading a mission heading for Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant that would arrive “later this week”. The plant, Europe’s largest, has been the target of strikes in recent weeks. Follow our liveblog to keep up with the latest developments. All times are Paris time (GMT+2).

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6:44am: IAEA team heading to Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant

International Atomic Energy Agency chief Rafael Grossi has said he was on his way to Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, which has been the target of strikes in recent weeks.

“The day has come, IAEA‘s Support and Assistance Mission to Zaporizhzhya is now on its way,” Grossi tweeted, saying the team from the UN atomic watchdog would arrive at Europe’s largest nuclear power plant “later this week”.

1:05am: EU foreign policy chief says a visa ban on Russians is unlikely

European Union foreign ministers meeting later this week are unlikely to unanimously back a visa ban on all Russians, as would be needed to put such a ban in place, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell told Austria’s ORF TV on Sunday.

“I don’t think that to cut the relationship with the Russian civilian population will help and I don’t think that this idea will have the required unanimity,” Borrell, who chairs EU foreign ministers’ meetings, told the national broadcaster.

“I think that we have to review the way that some Russians get a visa, certainly the oligarchs not. We have to be more selective. But I am not in favour of stopping delivering visas to all Russians.”

(FRANCE 24 with AFP, AP and Reuters)

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