{"id":4250,"date":"2025-12-29T06:04:23","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T07:04:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/?p=4250"},"modified":"2026-01-02T13:48:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T13:48:19","slug":"ceasefire-agreed-near-zaporozhye-nuclear-power-plant-iaea-chief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/29\/ceasefire-agreed-near-zaporozhye-nuclear-power-plant-iaea-chief\/","title":{"rendered":"Ceasefire agreed near Zaporozhye nuclear power plant \u2013 IAEA chief"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The UN watchdog says a temporary \u201cwindow of silence\u201d has enabled power line repairs near the facility<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The International Atomic Energy Agency has brokered a local ceasefire between Russian and Ukrainian forces near the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant, enabling crucial repairs to power lines serving the facility, agency chief Rafael Grossi has said.<\/p>\n<p>Europe\u2019s largest nuclear facility, which has been under Russian control since 2022, has repeatedly lost external power due to attacks on surrounding infrastructure. Russian officials have accused Ukrainian forces of targeting the station, forcing it to rely on emergency power systems. The disruptions have raised concerns over nuclear safety. Ukraine, in turn, has accused Russia of severing power lines supplying the plant.<\/p>\n<p>In a post on X on Sunday, the IAEA said its on-site team was monitoring repair work expected to last several days, as part of efforts to reduce the risk of a nuclear accident during ongoing hostilities.<\/p>\n<p>Director General Rafael Grossi thanked both sides for agreeing to a new temporary <em>\u201cwindow of silence\u201d<\/em> to restore power transmission and strengthen nuclear safety, the agency added.<em><\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n        <span><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<figure>\n            <img src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"FILE PHOTO: A view of the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant and a Russian armored vehicle near Energodar, Zaporozhye Region, Russia, February 7, 2024.\" class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/694da71685f5404b7758026d.jpg\"><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/russia\/630028-us-wants-cryptomining-zaporozhye-putin\/\">US wants Europe\u2019s largest nuclear plant for cryptomining \u2013 Putin<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The IAEA has repeatedly warned that military activity near nuclear facilities poses serious safety risks and has urged all sides to ensure the protection of critical nuclear infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>During Grossi\u2019s trip to Moscow in September for the Global Atomic Forum, Kiev attempted to strike Russia\u2019s Kursk II nuclear power plant with a drone. Later the same day, the IAEA chief met with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss global nuclear safety and Russia\u2019s cooperation with the IAEA. Putin praised the agency\u2019s work and pledged Moscow\u2019s continued support for its activities.<\/p>\n<p>US President Donald Trump also addressed the issues of the Zaporozhye plant following a meeting with Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky in Florida on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cPresident Putin is actually working with Ukraine on getting it open,\u201d<\/em> Trump told reporters, adding that the Russian leader has never targeted the facility <em>\u201cwith missiles.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UN watchdog says a temporary \u201cwindow of silence\u201d has enabled power line repairs near the facility The International Atomic [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4252,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4250"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4250"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4250\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4253,"href":"https:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4250\/revisions\/4253"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}