The Zaporizhia nuclear power plant in occupied southern Ukraine was “disconnected” from the Ukrainian grid on Thursday, according to Kyiv, the United States warning Russia against a diversion of the energy produced that would be “unacceptable”.

This plant, the largest in Europe, is at the center of all the concerns about the bombings of which the Russians and Ukrainians accuse each other. And one incident could set you free a radioactive cloud over much of Europe.

“Russia has put the Ukrainians, like all Europeans, on the brink of a nuclear disaster,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in the evening.

An IAEA visit “in the next few days”

“Ukrainians should know that we are doing everything possible to avoid a disaster scenario. But it’s not just up to us,” he said.

On Thursday night, the nuclear facilities remained supplied by the neighboring thermal power plant. Information confirmed by the International Atomic Energy Agency. The IAEA should organize a visit to the plant “in the next few days”, but its reaction is not fast enough, Zelensky regrets.

“The IAEA and other international organizations must act much faster than they are currently doing. Because every minute that the Russian troops remain in the plant is a risk of global catastrophe”, launches the Ukrainian president.