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UN watchdog holds ‘useful and frank’ Ukraine nuclear plant protection zone talks with Russia

Putin ally Belarusian president Lukashenko denies recent military manoeuvres aimed at Ukraine, dismisses ‘conspiracy theories’ on troop deployment

The head of the UN nuclear watchdog met officials from Russia’s military and state atomic energy company in Moscow on Thursday as he pursues a long-running drive to set up a protection zone around Ukraine’s Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. Photograph: Andrii Kovnir/Alamy/PA
The head of the UN nuclear watchdog met officials from Russia’s military and state atomic energy company in Moscow on Thursday as he pursues a long-running drive to set up a protection zone around Ukraine’s Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. Photograph: Andrii Kovnir/Alamy/PA
Thu Dec 22 2022 - 15:50 • 4 MIN READ

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