Zelenskiy tells IAEA's Grossi: Russia must leave Zaporizhzhia plant


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  • Tuesday, 28 Mar 2023

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy visit Dnipro Hydroelectric Power Plant, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine March 27, 2023. Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERS

(Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told the head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency on Monday that safety at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station could not be guaranteed until Russian troops left the facility.

The president, quoted by his website, said he met Rafael Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, at the Dnipro hydroelectric power station - northeast of the Zaporizhzhia plant.

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