Russia halts gas supplies in new jitters for Europe, and IAEA convoy sets off from Kiev towards Russia-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, as fighting enters its 189th day Follow our live coverage:👇
European governments fear Moscow could extend the outage in retaliation for Western sanctions imposed on it after its attack on Ukraine. Russian energy giant Gazprom has cut off its gas supplies to Germany via the Nord Stream 1 pipeline for maintenance work, further raising tensions on an already taut electricity market.
The three-day works at a compressor station are "necessary", Gazprom has said, adding that they had to be carried out after "every 1,000 hours of operation". But Germany's Federal Network Agency chief Klaus Mueller has called it a "technically incomprehensible" decision, warning that it was likely just a pretext by Moscow to wield energy supplies as a threat.
Experience shows that Moscow "makes a political decision after every so-called maintenance", he said, adding that "we'll only know at the beginning of September if Russia does that again".An inspection team from the International Atomic Energy Agency is heading to the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine, the UN atomic watchdog's director has said.
"We are now finally moving after six months of... efforts. The IAEA is moving into the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant," IAEA chief Rafael Grossi told reporters in Kiev before setting off.
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