the head of the inspectors, rafael grossi, had this to say about what he had seen. the units. i could visit the emergency systems, the diesel generators, the different parts. so we have the control rooms of some of the nuclear power plants there. so we chose 3—4 key areas that i needed to see first—hand, and i was able to do that. with his analysis of the day's events, here's our correspondent in kyiv, james waterhouse. rafael grossi, the chief of the iaea, posted a video at the end of today, saying the structural integrity of the site had been repeatedly violated and, in his words, "it shouldn't be allowed to continue." but, look, it's been messy, it's been unpredictable, but the sight of that un convoy moving into the zaporizhzhia plant symbolised a major breakthrough. the route they took is a place where both sides were accused of bombing it to try and delay the inspectors�* arrival, and trying to undermine the whole mission. and then, once they arrived, the claim from ukraine was that they were heavily monitored, escorted around — which meant that they weren't a

the iaea had rafael grossi said he was able to see everything.did he say about the ste of the plant? correspondent: i should explain why it is dark, we are under curfew, the sirens have gone off and there have been explosions in the city not far from here. down the river is where the plant is, and it is something of a breakthrough that he and his team had been able to get in there. it was not clear they would get access because they have had to go through ukrainian lines and pass through a no man's land to get into the controlled zone. he said he was able to see everything he wanted to see, that is important. he has left six members of his team, 2 of whom will stay on a semipermanent basis. there is been a lot of shelling around this nuclear plant, the stakes are very high here. it is not the physical damage to the reactor buildings themselves , they are well protected, they are designed to survive a crash from an aircraft. the electricity is cut off, there is the risk of the reactor's overheating and having an accidental release of radiation tha

rafael grossi himself is aware of the fact that he is going to a nuclear facility occupied by russia, but he claims that he has security guarantees when crossing the front line from the russian side, in addition, he says that if they still manage to get to the air force, they will inspect it, including for the purpose of export, not export of nuclear material outside the station to check how well the station can operate after disconnection from the power grid to talk to the staff he wants to establish a permanent representation there, but the first stage of this mission will last only for a few days, but we were primarily interested in the question what can the mother do to speed up the moment of deoccupation of the station and the establishment of a demilitarized zone there. this is what mr. rafael-brosi answered us. it is a matter of political will. this place but my mission i consider it very important my mission is technical we have to prevent any possibility of a nuclear accident try to save the largest nuclear power plant in europe not only ukraine. this is what we are focusing

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rafael grossi led an inspection of the russian—held facility amid growing concerns about its safety.si say about his visit? well, first of all i should just explain, it's pretty dark here because we are under curfew and the sirens have gone off and there have been some explosions on the edge of the city. down the river from been some explosions on the edge of the city. down the riverfrom here is the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant and there are six un nuclear inspectors that are sleeping there tonight. this is a major breakthrough. rafael grossi, the head of the team, has said he was able to see everything he asked to see, and that's really important because there is a suspicion that because there is a suspicion that because there is a suspicion that because the russians were stage managing this visit, some things might have been hidden from view. he said no, that's not the case, but it doesn't solve the problem that this is europe's largest nuclear power plant and its right in the middle of a war zone. russia and ukraine are not going to stop fighting very shortly. it's going to go

and yet, rafael grossi spent a few hours there and had this to say when he got back to ukrainian-heldlant has been violated several times by chance, by deliberation. we don't have the elements to assess that, but this is a reality that we have to recognize, and this is something that cannot continue to happen. whatever you stay, whatever your stand, whatever you think about this war, this is something that cannot happen. >> reporter: and that, ana, is why rafael grossi is leaving five members of his team behind through the weekend to try and carry out that more detailed inspection and beyond that, hoping to get a permanent iaea mission there. he said he spoke to so many of the workers there who found it so hard to function these last few months, many saying they're scared to do their job. he looked them in the eye and told them the iaea is here to stay, and he intends to make good on that word. >> i know you said you spoke to somebody who said they feel like they're being held hostage, those workers at this plant. melissa bell, thank you for your reporting. >>> that's going to do it f

set up a permanent base despite the danger from missile strikes me by is i e, a director general rafael grossi after returning to ukrainian held territory from a preliminary inspection. we are not going anywhere the. busy is now there is at the plant and it's not moving, it's going to stay there. we're going to have a continued presence there at the plant with some of my experts. and of course that he's now we have a, we've my team here. we have a lot of work in terms of a detailed analysis of some of the more technical aspects of what we saw d, w cost for that mrs. building is in the city of separate area. and that told me about the work now facing the inspectors. they will have to check the damage, assess the damage that has been done to the plan by the selling that has been happening. what they also have to do is to see whether all the security systems are functioning, a power plan, how many systems that should ensure the cooling, most important thing. we'll continue even if even after you, even after a power line is caught, or even after a reactor goes off the grid or something like that.

here's the head of the i, a, a mission. rafael grossi speaking to reporters about his preliminary findings. i worry, i worried, i worry and i will continue to be worried about the glance. i'm thinking we have a situation which is more stable, which is more predictable. it is obvious that that the plant and the physical integrity of the plant has been violated several times by chance. by deliberation. we don't have the elements to assess that, but this is a reality that we, that we have to recognize. and this is something that cannot continue to happen in pakistan. the humanitarian crisis caused by weeks of monsoon, rain and flooding is worsening. areas in the south are likely to be flooded again as water surges from major rivers in the north. more than 1200 people have been killed and much of pakistan is under water. the un says the scale of the disaster is unprecedented and officials or warning of danger from disease and even famine. has uri baby was forced to flee her home as pakistan's flood? waters rose. when they receded. she returned to a house, kate, in mud. the mother is trying to

rafael grossi, for their remarks. the mission at the zaporizhzhia plant was a responsible step by the iaea. we are happy that the visit enabled you and your team to assess the situation at zaporizhzhia and we see the seven pillars of security that you have formulated. the seven principles that you have formulated are being strictly adhered to by us. it is important that we heard that in your briefing on september 2. it is important that you could see that, thanks to cooperation between the staff at npp and the russian armed forces who are protecting the station, that it is functioning normally and there are no threats to its security. you had an excellent opportunity to see that the only threats are created by the shelling's and sabotage -- shellings and sabotage from the ukrainian armed forces. that we see that in your conclusion made at the briefing, when you said the agency is most concerned by the physical security of the station and its integrity, and the risks for that having read because of shelling in august.

not quite using that word, but that is what rafael grossi is calling for, accusing both sides of playingnuclear facility that is occupied by russian forces and in the wake of the publication of that report yesterday and rafael grossi's address to the u.n. security council, wherd straight away from the russian ambassador to the united nations saying that was not something that russia would consider because if they left he said ukrainians would come back and i quote ruin everything. so not much room for maneuver there it seems from the part of russia and yet things continue to worsen. the shelling around the plant only yesterday causing the town within which it is located to lose all electricity and water supplies according to its mayor. russian side confirming there that there had been more shelling, reactor number six the last functioning one was essentially going to be taking in less power to try to cope with the fact that all the external power lines and the reserve electricity line have now been cut as a result of shelling. so since that report was compiled and published yesterday, th

supply is essential for cooling down spent nuclear fuel, explained the agency's director-general, rafael grossi and if they cannot work this could lead to a major accident. the military activity and operations are increasing in that part of the country, and this worries me a lot. >> reporter: from zaporizhzhia a fierce battle is being fought for occupied kherson. emboldened by the steady supply of western military aid, ukraine is on the offensive to take it back. russia now has to spread its forces along a front line that stretches from the south to donbas in the east and northern kharkiv. it is difficult to assess how the fight in the south is going. both sides claim early successes and ukraine believes this counteroffensive could be a turning point in the war. debora patta, cbs news, kyiv, ukraine. >>> today a final farewell for the last leader of the soviet union. the funeral for mikhail gorbachev was held at moscow's hall of columns. he died this week at age 91. >>> gorbachev did not receive state honors and russian president vladimir putin did not attend saying he was working. >>> straight

that's what rafael grossi said on thursday. he had spoken to some of the workers, as did we on thursday, and heard about when we heard about the difficult conditions in which they have been working, some of them saying that they feel like hostages and not able to do their jobs. the fact there is a neutral presence means that while the shelling continues, while damage continues to be done, and it is the sort of fire with which no one should be playing, those were the words of rafael grossi, this should not be happening. the nuclear power station should not be on a front line and be imperiled in the way it has been. that continues. but in much different circumstances to what happened last week. they are there. they'll be able to make sure it is up and running and to ensure the workers are able to do their jobs. but clearly the fact that the fighting continues of extreme concern, this even as the ukrainian counteroffensive continues. ukraine saying that it is making progress further in the south and along the front lines around kh

iaea director general rafael grossi has eressed concerns.e sayalthough shelling ha stopped near the plant recently, it continues in other areas. the russian mission to the iaea claims the shelling is being carried out by ukraine, which is supported by western countries. >>> russian president vladimir putin admits china has doubts over his country's invasion of ukraine. but he says he hopes xi jinping understands his side after the two leaders met in uzbekistan. they're attending the shanghai cooperation organization summit. it's an economic and security group involving asian countries with close ties to moscow and beijing. putin says china has been skeptical about russia's recent moves, but he says he appreciates the country's support. >> translator: we greatly value the balanced position of our chinese friends when it comes to the ukraine crisis. we understand your questions and concerns about this. we will, of course, explain our position. >> despite pressure from western leaders, china has neither condemned nor sanctioned russia. xi has a

nuclear power plant showed it and i’ll explain to rafael grossi why, because the diesels were turnedin an emergency several times during the shelling of the station, when the station was de-energized, the diesels turned on and themselves worked, they generated the energy necessary to maintain the station’s operability, a very important unit that the shelling does not stop head. mgt. i could see for myself by climbing to the roof of one of the auxiliary buildings, where a shell flew in and fired by the ukrainian military from the last point of inspection and georgia obviously left with some kind of reflection conferring with his assistant for a long time obviously. they discuss what they saw, but what they saw, then, as a direct hit by a ukrainian shell, pierced the roof of one of the specially built buildings of the zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant, the sounds of shell explosions were heard all the time while the inspection was at the station, and here is the proof of the constant shelling of the shank from this is the first technical inspection mission of the iaea all collected mate

frenzied shelling of the occupiers of energodar and the route of the megate commission headed by rafael grossitant things, and by the evening most of the delegations left the station, five specialists remained among the important things, the foreigners call, in particular, the military equipment of the russians, with which the largest nuclear plant in europe is literally stuffed, and this was repeatedly emphasized by ukraine, obvious nuclear terrorism, instead, putin's troops everything is denied, she is accused of shelling the armed forces, despite the devastating shelling, the magatin commission, led by rafayl grosz, left from the very morning zaporozhye in the direction of the russian-occupied nuclear power plant, having weighed all the pros and cons and having gone this far, we do not stop, we know that there is a so-called gray zone, where the last line of defense of ukraine passes and the positions of the russian occupation forces begin, the risks there are significant, nevertheless, there is a team we believe that we will be able to continue on our way, we have a very important mission

nuclear plant as long as it is necessary to become a stabilizing factor , megate general director rafael grossi said after the visit energy gift to the region every day falls from the shelling of the russian army, small villages, about which until recently few people knew, now every day fall into the reports of the general staff in the south-buz direction direction in my colleague natalya sinchenko went to the village of lymany to see how the local residents actually live on the front line about normal life despite shelling and explosions further in the story hello how are you there everything is fine i came to see our house i will take a look and take a little of the things that are still left i am feeding my wife to show their house, more precisely, what was left of it, the children's rooms were destroyed by the rain and the eldest son was destroyed by the russian army during the shelling of the village, one of the enemy rockets hit the couple's house directly on the spot the destruction now remains, this is the fragment of the rocket , there was a direct hit into the farm building due to the

npp and reasonable provocations of the kiev regime, it is curious what rafael grossi will say at thiseeting. energy in the independent in winter will be in short supply on the island . residents of ukraine have already been advised to prepare blankets and warm clothes for the onset of cold weather. however, the problems may not end there. the autumn sowing company was under threat of disruption. why did tatyana belova tanya understand what is now with the harvest in ukraine vladimir now the volume of selection products fell by an average of 40% compared to 2021 levels. and it’s hard to even imagine what we’ll fight next year, because the azimov sowing company is in danger of failure; the harvest in 2023 will depend on it. ukrainian farmers simply don’t have money, the grain corridor. although it was launched in early august, buyers do not want to raise prices, and grary sell their grain at minimum rates, for example, a ton of barley costs $ 21 per purchase, while for an elevator. it rises already up to 100 dollars to the port of reni before 180, a in the romanian constance. until 290,

oleg , here rafael grossi said today that he is proposing ukraine and russia to conclude an agreementnder which the zaporizhia npp will be inviolable, and he says his idea is to tell both us and the russians that we fundamentally agree with the fact that the station cannot be attacked. what do you think about this simple agreement proposed by the head of megate, will the russians violate it? well, we agree, but from the russians, can we expect that they to trust unequivocally because there is no trust in the invaders and, accordingly, those who have nothing in common, there is no connection of traditional security in us, there is no trust and there is no respect for the initiative of mr. rafael maryan grosi, so we are about as you said, i have not heard this initiative yet, i would not comment on it, but regarding the initiative of the head of the mgt to establish a nuclear safety zone on the site of the zaporizhzhia npp. to understand what is meant if it is uh refers to militarization before occupation, then we are ready to cooperate in this direction, even ready to prepare our propo

will tell you later in our story. of the power plant, the general director of the organization, rafael grossi, told that specialists will remain at the nuclear power plant until september 3, among other things, to unload the brought equipment and continue work at the nuclear plant in general, megate inspectors arrived at the station temporarily controlled by the occupiers to check the condition of the power units and the personnel themselves, the journey took several days under russian shelling and constant stops. while the inspection itself lasted two hours, i just finished the first inspection of the key areas that we wanted to see in this first approach to everything of the object, of course, there is still a lot to be done, my team remains and the most important thing is that we are establishing a long-term presence of megate here ukrainian vla frankly surprised by such a quick visit of an international organization to the nuclear power plant, in particular , the adviser to the head of the office of the president of ukraine, mykhailo podolyak, believes that in two hours the inspectors cou

the arrival of the iaea mission to energodar rafael grossi, he has already examined the zaporozhye stationid not say anything concrete, he closes his eyes to the shelling of the station by the ukrainian army and the western press. but washington in its repertoire. bloomberg writes that states are calling for inspectors of the rich to have easy access to essays to allow them to spend that much time there. as much as it takes, he appeals, of course, to russia. despite the fact that moscow initially facilitated the arrival of the mission, kiev, however, was just trying to disrupt this visit with all its might, right up to the landing of saboteurs. whose attack as a result failed lyudmila the skier to lead? the administration of us president joe biden regularly engaged in censorship of social networks. this follows from a joint statement by the attorneys general of louisiana and missouri, according to them, 45 federal officials communicated with online platforms and discussed the spread of false information, civil servants from the white house and the fbi were in constant contact with the lead

rafael grossi told the un security council that those shelling the zaporizhzhia plant were playing withsomething catastrophic could take place. both ukraine and russia have accused each other of risking a nuclear disaster by shelling the plant. mr grossi did not assign blame to either party. in fact, his report was very technical. but he along with the un secretary general, antonio guterres, called for the establishment of a nuclear safety and security zone around the plant, one that would be demilitarised with russian troops out and a commitment from ukraine not to bring troops in. he said the iaea was ready to consult with the parties immediately to agree on that. he listed his many concerns. he said that the physical integrity of the plant continues to be violated and that the operators, the ukrainian operators at the plant, were working under extremely challenging circumstances alongside the presence of russian military personnel, equipment and vehicles. he did say, though, that the fact that two inspectors have remained at the site was of enormous value and that could provide direc

a report is expected from the head of the agency , rafael grossi, who, based on the results of an inspection at the station, initiated a meeting of the security council by russia and seeks the participation of the secretary general in it. he moscow, according to the head of the russian foreign ministry, is waiting not for empty speeches, but for specific public conclusions, including about the provocative actions of kiev continuing shelling and energodar anton talpa about how a visit took place, the results of which kiev is obviously dissatisfied with in advance. grosse came with a large delegation. more than ten cars with un markings, the protection of the national guard and the military, the path was not close at first, kiev then, zaporozhye and finally, the nuclear power plant director of the iaea the consequences of the recent attack by the ukrainian military, a fragmentation shell fell on the road that people go to work every day station staff, therefore squared. there are no russian military here. how in this way it is not difficult to assume that these shells are intended for employee

first and second units with weapons and ammunition the head of the agency from of nuclear energy rafael grossi promised the other day to present a report on the situation at the zaporizhzhia npp ukraine may displace russian gas from europe such a statement prime minister denys myhal made it. he said that our electricity expert can replace significant amounts of fuel from the aggressor country. currently, the commercial capacity is 300 mw, while the potential for sale is up to 2,000 mw. to moldova also buys ukrainian kilowatts romania and slovakia gas prices in europe continue to rise recently they have increased by 30% on the exchange for 1000 cubic meters they are already asking for more than $2800. the situation was foreseen the experts point out that everything is due to the stoppage of the northern stream, which is the only way russian fuel was going to the european union in the kremlin, and in the future they are trying to find excuses for resuming the operation of the main line, the turbine is under repair here, somewhere there, lubricant has leaked at the compressor station, and sanctio

rafael grossi, the head of the team, has said he was able to see everything he asked to see, and that'sidn't spend very long there yesterday buddies left six members of his team, two of them who will stay on a semipermanent basis. this is important because there's been a lot of shelling around this nuclear plant. the stakes are very high here because it's not so much the physical damage to the reactor buildings themselves — they are well protected and designed to withstand even a crash from an aircraft. the problem is the electricity is cut off. then there's the risk of the reactors overheating and having an accidental release of radiation that could affect whole areas across europe. so that's why the stakes are high, the tensions are high, and we aren't out of the woods yet because the fact is this is zaporizhzhia, and a war zone, ukraine and russia are fighting each other and that fighting will continue. frank gardner in ukraine. the fbi recovered more than 11,000 government documents and photographs during the search of donald trump's home in florida last month, according to court do

that the most valuable condition of the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, the head of the magat, rafael grossi, he presented in the preliminary report based on the results of the mission's visit to the nuclear power plant, there are still representatives of megate at the nuclear plant. the final report will be published next week. six of our experts remain there and continue their work. once again, two representatives of our mission will remain at the nuclear power plant, power unit no. 5 of the zaporizhzhia npp, which was shut down the day before due to shelling by the russians again connected to the power grid. this was reported in energoatom. its capacity is currently being set up. currently, two power units are operating at the station that produce electricity for the needs of ukraine. ukraine must be provided with modern battle tanks and aviation . the minister of defense of the country artispublics, she called on the allies of the fan to provide such assistance and warned the countries of the alliance against weakening their resolve in opposing russia, well, on the territories of ukraine

safety and protection at the zaporizhzhia npp proposes to create the general director of megate rafael grossisaid this after publishing the report on the visit to of the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, which is currently temporarily controlled by the russian occupiers , he added that he had already sent this proposal to the un security council, in turn, un secretary general antonio guterres supported such a decision during a meeting of the security council and called for the creation of a demilitarized perimeter around the nuclear plant, and the most important thing is to stop any what military actions in the direction of the station or from it ukraine can support the proposal of the head of the international atomic energy agency, rafael grosius, to create the protection zone around the zaporizhzhia npp, however, only if it is about demilitarization. this was stated by president volodymyr zelensky regarding the general director's proposal to flash money to create a protection zone at the station, here one must look at the specific content of such an instrument, what exactly can be protectio

the iaea chief rafael grossi has laid out what he wants to achieve.is a technical mission that seeks to prevent a nuclear accident. it will preserve the biggest nuclear power plant in europe, not only in ukraine. this is what we are concentrating on. for ukraine, the hope is that this is the first step towards demilitarisation, towards russians backing out from the site completely. that is looking remote, but the optimism seems to be remaining. it should be a step to demilitarise the station, because it's really important. also very important goal, from our view, the mission could speak to the staff, to get the real information, not russian information, but real information of what is inside. once they arrive, the iaea say they want to speak to staff, check the physical integrity of the site with the six nu clear rea cto i’s . there is a lot they want to do, but crucially, moscow has hinted its own approval of the very idea of inspectors staying there permanently, something the iaea says would have a stabilising effect on an area that has seen almost

and rafael grossi, the director general of the international atomic he's saying, look, great, that we've possibility of future violations, of physical violations. in other words, attacks, shells coming in. really, a nuclear plant is not the place to be firing mortars and rockets and artillery. this plant is relatively well protected. it's much more modern than the chernobyl one that blew up in1986. it's got protective shields around the reactors. but the biggest threat is really the interruption of the electricity supply. and ukraine has been accusing russia of doing what it calls nuclear blackmail, of worrying the world and the west in particular, that there is a risk that there could be a huge, great, big accident. nobody�*s talking about a mushroom cloud of an explosion, but the accidental release of radiation. interesting he mentions chernobyl because it was that nuclear accident that allegedly allowed president goirbachev to get rid of some of the people he said were responsible. the headlines on bbc news: mourners pay their respects to the last soviet leader, mikhail gorbachev, who

zaporizhzhia npp within 10-14 days on time, in an interview for the republic, the director of the agency, rafael grossi, announced during this time of the year that they also plan to discuss with ukraine and russia at least one from the parties neither said nor reported the money, the head of the megateut explained that it is about protecting the station and the perimeter of the territory, and not the complete demilitarization of the zone. the mission visited zazeit on september 1, then they emphasized of the need to create a security zone and left its representatives at the station, official kyiv reiterates that the megate recommendations can be implemented only on the condition that the russian troops are completely withdrawn from the territory of the station, who announced a new package of military aid, the head of the pentagon, loet austin, will announce it today in germany at the fifth meeting in in the rammstein format, the package will include additional ammunition for himers salvo missile systems, the deputy secretary of defense of the united states of america said the day before. meeting at th

part of the military from there, this was confirmed by the general director of the organization, rafael grossirt of the delegation, namely six representatives of megate, will remain at the station, later two international inspectors will work at the facility, because the organization wants to establish its permanent presence there on the opinion of megathesis works and is in a relatively good condition, however, there is tension in this situation, an extremely difficult mission recorded that the station is controlled by the russian the occupying forces will inform the united nations security council about the results of the visit already on tuesday, september 6. the military who were present there did not contact us in any way, they were not available. were not available in particular regarding the issue of the crisis center, because i wanted to ask if it was possible to return that room to its normal functioning, but it was obvious that that group of soldiers was removed from the station by the decision of the g7 countries to limit the price of russian oil - this is the protection of the enti

e aids director, general rafael grossi speaking after returning to ukrainian hill territory. after that 1st visit of the plant. today, we are not going anywhere, the i e, a s. now there, he's at the plant and he's not moving. it's going to stay there. we're going to have a continued presence there at, at the plant with some of my experts and, and of course that he's now we have a, with my team here. we have a lot of work in terms of a detailed analysis of some of the more technical aspects of what we saw are you in a pullin now of letting to mock he is head of the laboratory at ukraine's national research center for radiation medicine. it's good to have you with us. tell me what should these inspectors be doing right now what? what's the 1st duty for these inspectors? good evening, i am not familiar with a particular plan, but i can estimate is it possible action so them? so 1st of all, they need to inspect the typical condition of the nuclear power plant in general and most important, or they think, oh condition oh, there it if you materials there, i mean a fuel assemblies b

arriving in vienna, the iaea chief rafael grossi outlined his assessment and plans for the immediatehe significance of the inspection, here's our security correspondent frank gardner, who is in zaporizhzhia. it's something of a breakthrough that mr grossi and his team have been able to get in there. because it wasn't at all clear that they would get access, because they have had to come through the ukrainian lines, then pass through a grey zone, no—man�*s—land to get into the russian—controlled zone. he has said that he was able to see everything he wanted to see, that's really important. he didn't spend very long there yesterday, but he's left six members of his team, two of whom will stay on a semipermanent basis. and this is really important because there's been a lot of shelling around this nuclear plant. the stakes are very high here because it's not so much the physical damage to the reactor buildings themselves — they're well—protected and designed to withstand even a crash from an aircraft. the problem is if the electricity is cut off, then there's the risk of the reactors ov

however, five employees of the organization remained at the station, the general director of megate, rafael grossi, told the experts will be at the zaporizhia nuclear power plant power plant until september 3, among other things , will unload the imported equipment and continue work at the nuclear power plant inspectors of the agency arrived on the territory of the nuclear power plant, which is under the control of the russian military, the day before everything was done to check the condition of the power units and the personnel of the station. i have just completed the first inspection of the key areas that we wanted to see in this first approach to the entire facility, of course there is still a lot to be done here, my team remains and most importantly we establishing the long-term presence of megate here, the adviser to the head of the office of the president of ukraine, mykhailo podolyak , called it strange that the mogotep mission was at the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant for only two hours after all, during this time, the specialists, i quote, have not managed to see much, however, we sti

director general rafael grossi intends to start the inspection tomorrow. >> my mission is a technicalission. it's a mission that seeks to prevent a nuclear accident. >> reporter: the facility and surrounding towns continue to come under shelling, with both sides trading blame. even as inspectors left kyiv this morning, ukraine accused russia of hitting the town where the plant is located. this is the first time the atomic energy inspectors will be heading into a war zone to investigate a nuclear plant. grossi wants to establish a permanent presence, but says this inspection will last until the weekend. however, locally-installed russian authorities say they must complete their work in just one day. debora patta, cbs news, kyiv, ukraine. >> o'donnell: now to an issue we've covered and investigated-- the problem of sexual assault in the military. tonight, there are disturbing new numbers from the pentagon. reports of sexual assaults jumped by 13% last year, with the largest increases by far in the army. close to 36,000 service members said in a confidential survey that they've experienc

and the 2 of his inspectors will stay at the site permanently from now on. rafael grossi has just returned from a visit to the facility. it was captured by russian forces in february, and has become a focus of deep concern with fears. nearby shelling could cause a nuclear disaster. gabriel elizondo reports from keith. the head of the united nations international atomic energy agency has arrived to vienna following his visit to ukraine's besieged separation nuclear power plant and had this to say, i was able to see myself and my team at impact hold markings on, on buildings, off of him. so we need that the physical off, the policy has been violated, not once, but several. raphael grossi flatly denied that russia who occupy the power plant, denied him the right to move freely, saying he was given full access by the russians to the site, and was able to inspect everything he requested to see. he also confirmed his agency would keep 2 staff members at the plant permanently and at the i. e. a would issue a full report in the next week on their findings. earlier on friday, moscow again accused u

within the framework of the 66th annual session of the mete, the general director of the agency, rafael grossi, announced this. he said that this time the focus of attention of the nuclear safety agency will be precisely the situation at the zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, the priority remains the work to ensure the safety of nuclear facilities of ukraine, i emphasize that the nuclear facilities of ukraine are not only about the zaporizhzhia plant, but also about other nuclear power plants. russia is preparing a massive cyber attack in our country, and in particular in poland and the baltic states the main directorate of intelligence warns that critical infrastructure objects will be hit first of all, the attacks will be directed at energy companies, of course, it's just the heating season, the kremlin will use the experience soon cyber ​​attacks on the energy industry of ukraine that took place in 2015 and 2016. thus , the enemy wants to increase the effect of missile strikes, primarily in the eastern and southern regions. preparations for winter continue. it will be easier for citizens to purcha

the i 8 chief rafael grossi has left the russian occupied at supper. asia plans for 5 others are staying back to raise about reports from keith ah. renewed fighting around the sub, what it's yeah. nuclear power plant in the city of in order that did not prevent the un nuclear watchdog team from crossing the front lines. ah, in spite of the dangers, the team lead by the international atomic energy director ref i ludo c moved ahead to begin the much expected visit. i saw a lot and i helped by people there. we were able to, i was able to work the whole site. moscow says keep center sabotage team to try to recover. europe's largest. no power plant that's been under russian control since march, 1st as old roosevelt, a 6th 20 am to teams of ukrainians saboteurs. 60 men stroll. you 7 speed boats attempted to land on the banks of the kafka water reservoir, some 3 kilometers ne, to the super easy a nuclear power plant. he denies all accusations and says moscow is trying to manipulate the visit. carried out attacks around the city to terrorize the population and the ukrainian employees inside the

and rafael grossi, the director general of the international atomic energy agency, is quite sanguine them in there, but there is still the possibility of future violations, of physical violations. because up until now, nobody has known for certain. really, a nuclear plant is not the place to be firing mortars and rockets and artillery. this plant is relatively well protected. it's much more modern than the chernobyl one that blew up in 1986. it's got protective shields around the reactors. but the biggest threat is really the interruption of the electricity supply. and ukraine has been accusing russia of doing what it calls nuclear blackmail, of worrying the world and the west in particular that there is a risk that there could be a huge, great, big accident. nobody�*s talking about a mushroom cloud of an explosion, but the accidental release of radiation. let's take a look at some other top stories today. an estimated 70,000 people have been taking part in anti—government demonstrations in the czech capital prague amid soaring energy prices. protesters, from the political left and r

so director general rafael grossi outlined the latest of elements at a media conference on monday. shelling continues, and the direct impact on the reactors on associated facilities in, in particular the, the spent fuel areas where the, where the spent fuel is located. or less or more of the problems right now costing life to form a german m p, and member of the left party molten mountain. bolts are very good afternoon to get to see today. let's just get straight into it. here. as we understand russian troops have been guarding these potentially atomic facilities since early march. then we've had the un nuclear t in the e. assessing the shelling at this nuclear facility. each side has been blaming each other for shutting around this facility. russia blaming ukraine. ukraine blaming russia. if the russians have been in charge of it since march, i, i guess that's strange why russians will be bombing themselves, but i wanted to ask you, the i a e. a didn't attribute any blame to any side during this recent visit. why do you think that was i think that depends on the political pressure which is

the most damning that we've seen from the agency, and certainly concerning the general director. rafael grossi has said that they won't be able to do their job properly in terms of monitoring iran, nuclear activities, if there is no return to this nuclear deal. and it seems that right now, that is exactly where things are right. and the iranian officials are adamant that until the united states agree, so their terms and returns to their end of the bargain that they agree to. and more after what they did in 2018. the radians will not agree to come back to the deal because they're afraid the americans will do the same again in when there is another election united states and another administration in washington, dosage of ari that for us into the wrong. thank you. now the developing story, if iraq supreme court has ruled it does not have the constitutional authority to dissolve parliament saying it must dissolve itself. politicians allied with the influential shia lead a mcdonald, solder had re file the petition. last month off to previous request is rejected. sada support is have been protestin

of the shells, shrapnel, having nato serial number stamped inside the bodies director, general rafael grossi offline. the latest developments that of monday media conference sharing continues and their direct impact on, on the reactors on associated facilities. in particular that the spent fuel areas where the, where the spent fuel is located with owner in the program here at ot see i did speak with former job and m p and a member of the left party, martin told so how he believes the i e a is powerless to act, he says, it's under political pressure. i am sure be strong enough to say what they have been seating. and if they have seen the numbers which prove that it has been made of nature, nature rockets, and why should the rational shoot them? i mean, no one merely no one who has a clear mind what belief that someone should be in a nuclear power. and then if you would see it wouldn't affect the last reason that you're crying, but that would affect region in russia as well. so as far as i can see, the crying in government, it's using this nuclear power to blackmail the rec center states to ev