IAEA "attacked by vehicle drones heading to Ukraine nuclear power plant"

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) announced on the 12th that an IAEA vehicle heading to the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine was attacked by a drone on the afternoon of the 10th local time.

"At the time, the car had an IAEA employee, a driver and a security guard on board, and all were safe after the attack, but the rear of the vehicle was damaged," the IAEA said in a statement.

Also, this car resides at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. It added that it was on its way to escort a team of experts who had been waiting to take over a successor.

The IAEA believes the drone strike was aimed at the convoy, but says it has not been able to find any fragments or debris to identify which side the drone was sent.IAEA Secretary-General Raphael Grossi
said, "I think there is a clear intention to hurt or threaten us, no matter who has done this," adding, "We condemn this incident in the strongest terms."

"We have absolutely no motivation and we can't attack the IAEA's convoy," Russian Ambassador to Vienna Mikhail Ulianov said in connection with the incident.