U.N. nuclear chief's visit to Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant delayed

FILE PHOTO: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi attends a meeting with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy (not pictured), amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine June 13, 2023. Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

KYIV (Reuters) - A planned visit by U.N. nuclear chief Rafael Grossi to Ukraine's Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant has been delayed by "some hours", a diplomatic source said on Wednesday.

The source did not make clear when Grossi would arrive at the plant. Russian state-owned news agency RIA said the visit had been expected to take place on Wednesday but that it had been delayed by a day.