The IAEA may have conducted its first rotation at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant via occupied territories in Ukraine.

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) may have conducted its first rotation at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant through the occupied territories of Ukraine. It is likely that this occurred via Russian territory and occupied Crimea.

This was stated by Radio Free Europe correspondent Rikard Jozwiak, as reported by RBK-Ukraine referencing his post on social media platform X.

"What happened seemed impossible just a few days ago. The IAEA has deployed its personnel to the Zaporizhzhia NPP through territories occupied by Russia without approval from Ukraine," the message states.

The day before, he mentioned that the rotation of the mission at the ZNPP most likely took place exclusively through Russian territory and the occupied Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea.

"Without Ukraine's consent and in defiance of warnings from the European Union. A bold move for Rafael Grossi, who aims to become the next Secretary-General of the UN," Jozwiak added in a note dated February 28.

It is worth noting that today, Rosatom reported that "the route for the rotation of observers passed for the first time through the territory of the Russian Federation." However, such information has not yet appeared on the official IAEA pages.

Recall that in February, a rotation of the IAEA at the Zaporizhzhia NPP was supposed to take place, but it did not occur due to ongoing disruptions caused by Russia. In particular, on February 13, it became known that the Russians sent troops to storm the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

For more details on this, read the material from RBK-Ukraine.