IAEA experts have debunked the fake that Russia burned tires at the Zaporozhye NPP

IAEA experts have debunked the fake that the fire at the cooling tower of the Zaporozhye NPP was set by Russia. This was stated by the Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to international organizations in This is Mikhail Ulyanov.

So the permanent representative commented on the still emerging reports that Russia "burned car tires" at the nuclear power plant.

"Anti-Russian sources continue to claim that the fire at the cooling tower of the Zaporozhye NPP was caused by the Russian side, which "burned car tires there." Such statements are ridiculous, especially considering that the IAEA experts who immediately visited the facility officially debunked this fake," Ulyanov writes in his telegram channel.

As EADaily reported on August 11, as a result of the shelling of the city of Energodar by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a fire broke out at the facility of the cooling systems of the Zaporozhye NPP, said the governor of the Zaporozhye region Yevgeny Balitsky.

According to him, all six power units of the station are in cold shutdown, there is no threat of a steam explosion and other consequences.