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WORLD NEWS Tuesday 30 augusT 2022
U.N. agency to inspect Ukraine nuclear plant in urgent mission

By PAUL BYRNE sian shelling for injuries to at
Associated Press least 10 residents.
KYIV (AP) — A U.N. nuclear Kuleba, Ukraine’s foreign
watchdog team set off on minister, said in Stockholm
an urgent mission Monday that he expects the IAEA
to safeguard the Russian- mission to produce “a
occupied Zaporizhzhia clear statement of facts, of
atomic power plant at the violation of all nuclear, of
heart of fighting in Ukraine, nuclear safety protocols.”
a long-awaited trip the He added, “We know that
world hopes will help avoid Russia is putting not only
a radioactive catastrophe. Ukraine, but also the entire
The stakes couldn’t be world at threat at the risk of
higher for the group of In- nuclear accident.”
ternational Atomic Energy In Moscow, Kremlin spokes-
Agency experts who will man Dmitry Peskov said
visit the plant in a coun- Russia will ensure security
try where the 1986 Cher- of the IAEA mission and
nobyl disaster sent radia- called on other countries to
tion throughout the region, This satellite image from Planet Labs PBC shows the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant occupied “raise pressure on the Ukrai-
shocked the world and by Russian forces, in Ukraine on Sunday, Aug. 28, 2022. nian side to force it to stop
intensified a global push Associated Press threatening the European
away from nuclear energy. “The day has come,” Grossi military use of the plant. ing weapons there and continent by shelling the
“Without an exaggeration, tweeted Monday, add- “The occupiers, preparing launching attacks from territory of the Zaporizhzhia
this mission will be the hard- ing that the Vienna-based for the arrival of the IAEA around it, while Moscow nuclear power plant and
est in the history of IAEA,” IAEA’s “Support and Assis- mission, increased pressure accuses Ukraine of reck- surrounding areas.”
Ukrainian Foreign Minister tance Mission ... is now on on the personnel ... to pre- lessly firing on the facility. Over the weekend, Ener-
Dmytro Kuleba said. its way.” Ukraine’s Foreign vent them from disclosing World leaders have called goatom painted an omi-
Underscoring the urgency, Ministry spokesman said the evidence of the occupi- on the Russians to demilita- nous picture of the threats
Ukraine and Russia again team, which Grossi heads, ers’ crimes at the plant and rize the plant. at the plant by issuing a
accused each other of is scheduled to arrive in Kyiv its use as a military base,” Satellite images provided map forecasting where ra-
shelling the wider region on Monday. In April, Grossi Energoatom said, add- by Maxar Technologies on diation could spread.
around the nuclear pow- had headed an IAEA mis- ing that four plant workers Monday showed armored Elsewhere on the battle-
er plant, Europe’s largest, sion to Chernobyl, which were wounded in Russian personnel carriers on a field, the Ukraine military
which was briefly knocked Russian forces occupied shelling of the city where road near the reactors, claimed it had breached
offline last week. The dan- earlier in the war. they live. damage to a building’s Russia’s first line of defense
gers are so high that offi- The IAEA said in a state- Ukraine accused Russia roof also near the reac- near Kherson just north of
cials have begun handing ment that its team will “un- of new rocket and artil- tors, and brush fires burning the Crimean Peninsula, an
out anti-radiation iodine dertake urgent safeguards lery strikes at or near the nearby. advance that would rep-
tablets to nearby residents. activities,” assess damage, plant, intensifying fears that Ukraine reported shelling in resent a strategic break-
To avoid a disaster, IAEA determine the functionality the fighting could cause a Nikopol, the city across the through — if confirmed.
Director-General Rafael of the plant’s safety and se- massive radiation leak. So Dnieper River from the nu- Kherson is the biggest Ukrai-
Grossi has sought access curity systems, and evalu- far, radiation levels at the clear power plant, and said nian city the Russians oc-
for months to the Zapori- ate the control room staff’s facility, which has six reac- one person was killed and cupy, and reports about
zhzhia plant, which Russian working conditions. tors, have been reported to five others were wounded. Ukrainian forces prepar-
forces have occupied and Ukraine’s nuclear energy be normal. In Enerhodar, just a few ki- ing for a counteroffensive
Ukrainian workers have op- agency, Energoatom, Ukraine has alleged that lometers from the plant, there and elsewhere in the
erated since the early days warned Monday of Russian Russia is essentially hold- the city’s Ukrainian mayor, region have circulated for
of the six-month-old war. attempts to cover up their ing the plant hostage, stor- Dmytro Orlov, blamed Rus- weeks.q

Dutch soldier shot in Indianapolis

dies of his injuries

THE HAGUE, Netherlands early Saturday after what trict. The Defense Ministry
(AP) — One of three Dutch Indianapolis police believe said the three soldiers were
soldiers wounded in a was a disturbance outside from the Commando Corps
shooting outside a hotel the hotel where they were and were in Indiana for
in downtown Indianapo- staying, authorities said. training. Indianapolis police
lis over the weekend has The Marion County coro- said they believe some sort
died, the Dutch Defense ner’s office in Indianapo- of altercation between the
Ministry said Monday. lis identified the victim as three victims and another
The commando died of Simmie Poetsema, 26, but person or people led to the
his injuries “surrounded by didn’t immediately release shooting. No arrests have An entrance to the Muscatatuck Urban Training Center is closed
family and colleagues,” any additional information. been made. in Butlerville, Ind., Monday, Aug. 29, 2022.
the ministry said in a state- The two other wounded The Indiana National Guard Associated Press
ment. soldiers were conscious, said the soldiers had been
The soldier was one of three the Defense Ministry said. training at the Muscatatuck (110 kilometers) southeast that the center is used for
members of the Dutch The shooting occurred Urban Training Center, a of the downtown India- training by the Department
Commando Corps who about 3:30 a.m. in India- 1,000-acre (405-hectare) napolis shooting scene. The of Defense “as well as other
were shot and wounded napolis’ entertainment dis- complex about 70 miles Guard said in a statement allies.”q