Video: Inspectors on their way to Zaporizhia nuclear plant in Ukraine

STORY: After weeks of wrangling for an independent inspection of the Ukrainian nuclear power plant Zaporizhia, an international team of experts is on the way to the repeatedly shelled plant. Rafael Grossi, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), wrote on Twitter on Monday that the safety of Ukraine’s and Europe’s largest nuclear facility must be guaranteed. The IAEA delegation led by him will arrive in Zaporizhia this week. An exact date was not initially known. Meanwhile, Ukraine and Russia again accused each other of continuing attacks around the nuclear power plant. Fighting also continued in the eastern Ukrainian region of Donetsk. The authorities of Zaporizhia distributed iodine tablets in some districts over the weekend. Because the fear of a nuclear accident persists. Here are the voices of some local residents: “We first bought it in the winter when the nuclear power plant was first shelled. Back then we bought iodine with supplements from the pharmacy. So we still have it. But it’s with folic acid enriched.” “We were told that an adult should take one pill. I have a seven, yes, almost eight year old child. They should only take half a pill.” The Ukrainian military announced on Monday that Russian attacks, including on civilian targets in the Donbass cities, continued. The Donbass regional administration reported the deaths of eight civilians in Russian attacks on Sunday. Russia denies allegations of targeting civilians. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy threatened Russia with retaliation. “No terrorist will get away with attacking our cities,” he said in his daily video address Sunday night.

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