The Russian government wants a more objective and clearer position from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) regarding the situation at the Kursk nuclear power plant, TASS reported.
A day earlier, IAEA Director Rafael Grossi visited the Kursk nuclear power plant following claims by Vladimir Putin and other officials that Ukraine had tried to attack the plant amid ongoing Ukrainian incursions into the area.
Kyiv rejected these claims.
After the visit, Grossi warned of the risks associated with the facility amid Ukraine's ongoing incursion into Kursk Oblast. He said the Kursk NPP was "operating in conditions very close to normal".
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova criticized the IAEA's statement in an interview with Radio Sputnik. She said the agency needs to speak out more clearly on nuclear security issues.
"We see both the evaluations and the work of this structure (IAEA), but every time we want a more objective and clearer expression of its position," said Zakharova
"Not in favor of our country, not in favor of confirming Moscow's position, but in favor of the facts with one specific goal: ensuring safety and preventing the development of a scenario on a catastrophic path to which the Kiev regime is pushing everyone," he added the speaker.
"The guilt of the Ukrainian side for the escalation of the nuclear danger at the Kursk nuclear power plant is more than obvious," Kremlin press secretary Dmitry Peskov claimed.
On August 28, Russia's National Guard also said on Telegram that its sappers found a projectile from the US-supplied HIMARS multiple-launch missile system 5 km from the plant, as well as a missile fragment that it said was packed with 180 unexploded ordnance . | BGNES
