The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Rafael Grossi, will visit Russia on December 22 for discussions on the creation of a security zone around the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine, the RIA Novosti news agency reported, citing Russia's envoy to the international institutions in Vienna. The plant, in Russian-occupied territory, has come under repeated shelling attacks that each side has blamed on the other, raising fears of a nuclear disaster. To read the original story from Reuters, click here.
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