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Russian Foreign Ministry: international structures do not name Ukraine as responsible for strikes on the ZNPP

Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said that the IAEA and other international structures are reacting 'rather reservedly' to strikes on the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant and do not name Ukraine as the responsible party. Earlier, Russian diplomat Mikhail Ulyanov called criticism of Kyiv a 'taboo' for the West, while specialists completed the repair of equipment at the Zaporizhzhia Thermal Power Plant.

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Ulyanov said France, Germany and Britain paved the way for strikes on Iran

Russia's permanent representative in Vienna, Mikhail Ulyanov, accused the E3 countries of pushing for escalation in the IAEA Board of Governors since March 2022 and thereby paving the way for US and Israeli strikes on Iran. The trigger was a Tehran Times publication about Berlin's shift in rhetoric: from Chancellor Friedrich Merz's words about the Israeli strikes in June 2025 to calls for de-escalation in October 2026.

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IAEA deems UAE response to drone attack on Barakah nuclear plant adequate

An IAEA mission of six experts, which worked in the UAE from October 12 to 20 at the authorities' request, concluded that the response to the drone strike on the Barakah nuclear plant on May 17 was swift and effective. The drone, launched from Iraqi territory, hit a generator outside the plant's external perimeter and caused a fire that was extinguished. The attack was condemned by dozens of countries, including the US, UK, France and Gulf states, as well as by the UN Security Council.

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