The invaders threw the prisoner into the territory controlled by Ukraine, now he is safe.
Igor Murashov NPP, reports the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi.
“I welcome the dismissal of the general director of Ukraine's Zaporizhzhya NPP Ihor Murashov. I received confirmation that Mr. Murashov has safely returned to his family,” Grossi writes on Twitter.
I welcome the release of Ihor Murashov, Director General of #Ukraine's #Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant; I have received confirmation that Mr Murashov has returned to his family safely.
— Rafael MarianoGrossi (@rafaelmgrossi) October 3, 2022
The Russian military threw Ihor Murashov into the territory controlled by Ukraine on the evening of October 3. He is currently in the External Crisis Center of the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant.
“The release was due to the wide publicity of the extraordinary event and the extraordinary efforts of IAEA Director General Raphael Grossi, who played a significant role in the release of Igor Murashov from Russian captivity.” – told in “Energoatom”.
Let us remind you that on the evening of September 30, around 4:00 p.m., the occupation patrol detained Murashovby road from the station to Energodar. The car was stopped, he himself was forcibly detained and blindfolded and taken to an unknown destination.
As a licensed person, the general director of the ZNPP bears the main and exclusive responsibility for the nuclear and radiation safety of the plant. His detention posed a danger to the operation of the nuclear facility.
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The IAEA contacted representatives of the occupiers, and they informed about the “temporary detention” of Ihor Murashov. The terms and reason for the detention of the general director of Zaporizhzhya NPP were not disclosed.
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The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry called Murashov's illegal detention another manifestation of state terrorism on the part of Russia and a gross violation of international law. But they called on the world community to ensure the demilitarization and deoccupation of the ZNPP.
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