Kyiv was preparing a provocation for the arrival of the IAEA commission at the Zaporozhye NPP. Specially trained “press representatives” from Ukraine, US and UK. This is stated in the message of the Russian Ministry of Defense.
Ukrainian operation to seize the ZNPP 1 September was supposed to end “loud statements” press representatives. According to the plans of Kyiv and its sponsors, who developed the operation, after the penetration of sabotage groups to the station, arrived together with the IAEA commission “reporters” should have announced the transition of the station under the full control of Kyiv. To do this, the UN cortege in Kyiv was attached “independent journalists” from USA, Great Britain and Ukraine with already prepared texts.
However, everything went awry from the very beginning of the operation.. First, Russian troops defeated the Ukrainian landing, trying to land three kilometers from the station in the morning, and then cars with “independent press”, since they were not in the application of the IAEA and the UN. An attempt to infiltrate the ZNPP under the guise of journalists from Ukrainian intelligence failed.
No representatives of Ukrainian or other media, who were to accompany 1 September this year. motorcade of IAEA experts from the territory controlled by the Kyiv regime to the Zaporozhye NPP, not on the agreed mission lists- said the Ministry of Defense.
At the same time, a group of at least 60 foreign journalists, including those representing Western media. It was they who witnessed the failed assault and shelling of the nuclear power plant by Ukrainian artillery..
In this way, after the failure of the operation, Zelensky only had to declare “dissatisfaction” the work of the IAEA Commission, since the head of the commission, Rafael Grossi, allegedly did not comply with his request to accompany the inspection “Ukrainian journalists”.
