the head of the inspectors, rafael grossi, had this to say about what he had seen. i went into the units. i could visit the emergency systems, the diesel generators, the different parts. so we have the control rooms of some of the nuclear power plants there. so we chose 3—4 key areas that i needed to see first—hand, and i was able to do that. with his analysis of the day's events, here's our correspondent in kyiv, james waterhouse. rafael grossi, the chief of the iaea, posted a video at the end of today, saying the structural integrity of the site had been repeatedly violated and, in his words, "it shouldn't be allowed to continue." but, look, it's been messy, it's been unpredictable, but the sight of that un convoy moving into the zaporizhzhia plant symbolised a major breakthrough. the route they took is a place where both sides were accused of bombing it to try and delay the inspectors�* arrival, and trying to undermine the whole mission. and then, once they arrived, the claim from ukraine was that they were heavily monitored, escorted around — which meant

the iaea had rafael grossi said he was able to see everything. what did he say about the ste of the plant? correspondent: i should explain why it is dark, we are under curfew, the sirens have gone off and there have been explosions in the city not far from here. down the river is where the plant is, and it is something of a breakthrough that he and his team had been able to get in there. it was not clear they would get access because they have had to go through ukrainian lines and pass through a no man's land to get into the controlled zone. he said he was able to see everything he wanted to see, that is important. he has left six members of his team, 2 of whom will stay on a semipermanent basis. there is been a lot of shelling around this nuclear plant, the stakes are very high here. it is not the physical damage to the reactor buildings themselves , they are well protected, they are designed to survive a crash from an aircraft. the electricity is cut off, there is the risk of the reactor's overheating and having an accidental release of radiati

rafael grossi led an inspection of the russian—held facility amid growing concerns about its safety. 0ur security correspondent frank gardner is in zaporizhzhia. frank — what else did mr grossi say about his visit? well, first of all i should just explain, it's pretty dark here because we are under curfew and the sirens have gone off and there have been some explosions on the edge of the city. down the river from been some explosions on the edge of the city. down the riverfrom here is the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant and there are six un nuclear inspectors that are sleeping there tonight. this is a major breakthrough. rafael grossi, the head of the team, has said he was able to see everything he asked to see, and that's really important because there is a suspicion that because there is a suspicion that because there is a suspicion that because the russians were stage managing this visit, some things might have been hidden from view. he said no, that's not the case, but it doesn't solve the problem that this is europe's largest nuclear power plant and its right in the middle of

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and yet, rafael grossi spent a few hours there and had this to say when he got back to ukrainian-held land. >> it is obvious that the plant and the physical integrity of the plant has been violated several times by chance, by deliberation. we don't have the elements to assess that, but this is a reality that we have to recognize, and this is something that cannot continue to happen. whatever you stay, whatever your stand, whatever you think about this war, this is something that cannot happen. >> reporter: and that, ana, is why rafael grossi is leaving five members of his team behind through the weekend to try and carry out that more detailed inspection and beyond that, hoping to get a permanent iaea mission there. he said he spoke to so many of the workers there who found it so hard to function these last few months, many saying they're scared to do their job. he looked them in the eye and told them the iaea is here to stay, and he intends to make good on that word. >> i know you said you spoke to somebody who said they feel like they're being held hostage, those workers at this plan

grossi after returning to ukrainian held territory from a preliminary inspection. we are not going anywhere the. busy is now there is at the plant and it's not moving, it's going to stay there. we're going to have a continued presence there at the plant with some of my experts. and of course that he's now we have a, we've my team here. we have a lot of work in terms of a detailed analysis of some of the more technical aspects of what we saw d, w cost for that mrs. building is in the city of separate area. and that told me about the work now facing the inspectors. they will have to check the damage, assess the damage that has been done to the plan by the selling that has been happening. what they also have to do is to see whether all the security systems are functioning, a power plan, how many systems that should ensure the cooling, most important thing. we'll continue even if even after you, even after a power line is caught, or even after a reactor goes off the grid or something like that. there are generators and there are several systems and all these systems ne

here's the head of the i, a, a mission. rafael grossi speaking to reporters about his preliminary findings. i worry, i worried, i worry and i will continue to be worried about the glance. i'm thinking we have a situation which is more stable, which is more predictable. it is obvious that that the plant and the physical integrity of the plant has been violated several times by chance. by deliberation. we don't have the elements to assess that, but this is a reality that we, that we have to recognize. and this is something that cannot continue to happen in pakistan. the humanitarian crisis caused by weeks of monsoon, rain and flooding is worsening. areas in the south are likely to be flooded again as water surges from major rivers in the north. more than 1200 people have been killed and much of pakistan is under water. the un says the scale of the disaster is unprecedented and officials or warning of danger from disease and even famine. has uri baby was forced to flee her home as pakistan's flood? waters rose. when they receded. she returned to a house, kate, in mud. the mother is trying to

rafael grossi, for their remarks. the mission at the zaporizhzhia plant was a responsible step by the iaea. we are happy that the visit enabled you and your team to assess the situation at zaporizhzhia and we see the seven pillars of security that you have formulated. the seven principles that you have formulated are being strictly adhered to by us. it is important that we heard that in your briefing on september 2. it is important that you could see that, thanks to cooperation between the staff at npp and the russian armed forces who are protecting the station, that it is functioning normally and there are no threats to its security. you had an excellent opportunity to see that the only threats are created by the shelling's and sabotage -- shellings and sabotage from the ukrainian armed forces. that we see that in your conclusion made at the briefing, when you said the agency is most concerned by the physical security of the station and its integrity, and the risks for that having read because of shelling in august.

not quite using that word, but that is what rafael grossi is calling for, accusing both sides of playing with fire. the trouble is of course that it is a nuclear facility that is occupied by russian forces and in the wake of the publication of that report yesterday and rafael grossi's address to the u.n. security council, wherd straight away from the russian ambassador to the united nations saying that was not something that russia would consider because if they left he said ukrainians would come back and i quote ruin everything. so not much room for maneuver there it seems from the part of russia and yet things continue to worsen. the shelling around the plant only yesterday causing the town within which it is located to lose all electricity and water supplies according to its mayor. russian side confirming there that there had been more shelling, reactor number six the last functioning one was essentially going to be taking in less power to try to cope with the fact that all the external power lines and the reserve electricity line have now been cut as a result of shelling. so since th

grossi. >> and if they cannot work this could lead to a major accident. the military activity and operations are increasing in that part of the country, and this worries me a lot. >> reporter: from zaporizhzhia a fierce battle is being fought for occupied kherson. emboldened by the steady supply of western military aid, ukraine is on the offensive to take it back. russia now has to spread its forces along a front line that stretches from the south to donbas in the east and northern kharkiv. it is difficult to assess how the fight in the south is going. both sides claim early successes and ukraine believes this counteroffensive could be a turning point in the war. debora patta, cbs news, kyiv, ukraine. >>> today a final farewell for the last leader of the soviet union. the funeral for mikhail gorbachev was held at moscow's hall of columns. he died this week at age 91. >>> gorbachev did not receive state honors and russian president vladimir putin did not attend saying he was working. >>> straight ahead on the "cbs weekend news" one year after the u.s. with

iaea director general rafael grossi has eressed concerns. he sayalthough shelling ha stopped near the plant recently, it continues in other areas. the russian mission to the iaea claims the shelling is being carried out by ukraine, which is supported by western countries. >>> russian president vladimir putin admits china has doubts over his country's invasion of ukraine. but he says he hopes xi jinping understands his side after the two leaders met in uzbekistan. they're attending the shanghai cooperation organization summit. it's an economic and security group involving asian countries with close ties to moscow and beijing. putin says china has been skeptical about russia's recent moves, but he says he appreciates the country's support. >> translator: we greatly value the balanced position of our chinese friends when it comes to the ukraine crisis. we understand your questions and concerns about this. we will, of course, explain our position. >> despite pressure from western leaders, china has neither condemned nor sanctioned russia. xi has

that's what rafael grossi said on thursday. he had spoken to some of the workers, as did we on thursday, and heard about when we heard about the difficult conditions in which they have been working, some of them saying that they feel like hostages and not able to do their jobs. the fact there is a neutral presence means that while the shelling continues, while damage continues to be done, and it is the sort of fire with which no one should be playing, those were the words of rafael grossi, this should not be happening. the nuclear power station should not be on a front line and be imperiled in the way it has been. that continues. but in much different circumstances to what happened last week. they are there. they'll be able to make sure it is up and running and to ensure the workers are able to do their jobs. but clearly the fact that the fighting continues of extreme concern, this even as the ukrainian counteroffensive continues. ukraine saying that it is making progress further in the south and along the front lines around kh

rafael grossi told the un security council that those shelling the zaporizhzhia plant were playing with fire and warned that something catastrophic could take place. both ukraine and russia have accused each other of risking a nuclear disaster by shelling the plant. mr grossi did not assign blame to either party. in fact, his report was very technical. but he along with the un secretary general, antonio guterres, called for the establishment of a nuclear safety and security zone around the plant, one that would be demilitarised with russian troops out and a commitment from ukraine not to bring troops in. he said the iaea was ready to consult with the parties immediately to agree on that. he listed his many concerns. he said that the physical integrity of the plant continues to be violated and that the operators, the ukrainian operators at the plant, were working under extremely challenging circumstances alongside the presence of russian military personnel, equipment and vehicles. he did say, though, that the fact that two inspectors have remained at the site was of enormous value and th

rafael grossi, the head of the team, has said he was able to see everything he asked to see, and that's really important he didn't spend very long there yesterday buddies left six members of his team, two of them who will stay on a semipermanent basis. this is important because there's been a lot of shelling around this nuclear plant. the stakes are very high here because it's not so much the physical damage to the reactor buildings themselves — they are well protected and designed to withstand even a crash from an aircraft. the problem is the electricity is cut off. then there's the risk of the reactors overheating and having an accidental release of radiation that could affect whole areas across europe. so that's why the stakes are high, the tensions are high, and we aren't out of the woods yet because the fact is this is zaporizhzhia, and a war zone, ukraine and russia are fighting each other and that fighting will continue. frank gardner in ukraine. the fbi recovered more than 11,000 government documents and photographs during the search of donald trump's home in florida last mont

director general rafael grossi intends to start the inspection tomorrow. >> my mission is a technical mission. it's a mission that seeks to prevent a nuclear accident. >> reporter: the facility and surrounding towns continue to come under shelling, with both sides trading blame. even as inspectors left kyiv this morning, ukraine accused russia of hitting the town where the plant is located. this is the first time the atomic energy inspectors will be heading into a war zone to investigate a nuclear plant. grossi wants to establish a permanent presence, but says this inspection will last until the weekend. however, locally-installed russian authorities say they must complete their work in just one day. debora patta, cbs news, kyiv, ukraine. >> o'donnell: now to an issue we've covered and investigated-- the problem of sexual assault in the military. tonight, there are disturbing new numbers from the pentagon. reports of sexual assaults jumped by 13% last year, with the largest increases by far in the army. close to 36,000 service members said in a confidential survey that they've experie

the iaea chief rafael grossi has laid out what he wants to achieve. my mission is a technical mission that seeks to prevent a nuclear accident. it will preserve the biggest nuclear power plant in europe, not only in ukraine. this is what we are concentrating on. for ukraine, the hope is that this is the first step towards demilitarisation, towards russians backing out from the site completely. that is looking remote, but the optimism seems to be remaining. it should be a step to demilitarise the station, because it's really important. also very important goal, from our view, the mission could speak to the staff, to get the real information, not russian information, but real information of what is inside. once they arrive, the iaea say they want to speak to staff, check the physical integrity of the site with the six nu clear rea cto i’s . there is a lot they want to do, but crucially, moscow has hinted its own approval of the very idea of inspectors staying there permanently, something the iaea says would have a stabilising effect on an area that ha

e aids director, general rafael grossi speaking after returning to ukrainian hill territory. after that 1st visit of the plant. today, we are not going anywhere, the i e, a s. now there, he's at the plant and he's not moving. it's going to stay there. we're going to have a continued presence there at, at the plant with some of my experts and, and of course that he's now we have a, with my team here. we have a lot of work in terms of a detailed analysis of some of the more technical aspects of what we saw are you in a pullin now of letting to mock he is head of the laboratory at ukraine's national research center for radiation medicine. it's good to have you with us. tell me what should these inspectors be doing right now what? what's the 1st duty for these inspectors? good evening, i am not familiar with a particular plan, but i can estimate is it possible action so them? so 1st of all, they need to inspect the typical condition of the nuclear power plant in general and most important, or they think, oh condition oh, there it if you materials there, i mean a fuel assemblies b

arriving in vienna, the iaea chief rafael grossi outlined his assessment and plans for the immediate future. for more on the significance of the inspection, here's our security correspondent frank gardner, who is in zaporizhzhia. it's something of a breakthrough that mr grossi and his team have been able to get in there. because it wasn't at all clear that they would get access, because they have had to come through the ukrainian lines, then pass through a grey zone, no—man�*s—land to get into the russian—controlled zone. he has said that he was able to see everything he wanted to see, that's really important. he didn't spend very long there yesterday, but he's left six members of his team, two of whom will stay on a semipermanent basis. and this is really important because there's been a lot of shelling around this nuclear plant. the stakes are very high here because it's not so much the physical damage to the reactor buildings themselves — they're well—protected and designed to withstand even a crash from an aircraft. the problem is if the electricity is cut off, then t

and rafael grossi, the director general of the international atomic he's saying, look, great, that we've got them in there, but there is still the possibility of future violations, of physical violations. in other words, attacks, shells coming in. really, a nuclear plant is not the place to be firing mortars and rockets and artillery. this plant is relatively well protected. it's much more modern than the chernobyl one that blew up in1986. it's got protective shields around the reactors. but the biggest threat is really the interruption of the electricity supply. and ukraine has been accusing russia of doing what it calls nuclear blackmail, of worrying the world and the west in particular, that there is a risk that there could be a huge, great, big accident. nobody�*s talking about a mushroom cloud of an explosion, but the accidental release of radiation. interesting he mentions chernobyl because it was that nuclear accident that allegedly allowed president goirbachev to get rid of some of the people he said were responsible. the headlines on bbc news: mourners pay their respects to th

and the 2 of his inspectors will stay at the site permanently from now on. rafael grossi has just returned from a visit to the facility. it was captured by russian forces in february, and has become a focus of deep concern with fears. nearby shelling could cause a nuclear disaster. gabriel elizondo reports from keith. the head of the united nations international atomic energy agency has arrived to vienna following his visit to ukraine's besieged separation nuclear power plant and had this to say, i was able to see myself and my team at impact hold markings on, on buildings, off of him. so we need that the physical off, the policy has been violated, not once, but several. raphael grossi flatly denied that russia who occupy the power plant, denied him the right to move freely, saying he was given full access by the russians to the site, and was able to inspect everything he requested to see. he also confirmed his agency would keep 2 staff members at the plant permanently and at the i. e. a would issue a full report in the next week on their findings. earlier on friday, moscow again accused u

and rafael grossi, the director general of the international atomic energy agency, is quite sanguine about this. he's saying, look, great that we've got them in there, but there is still the possibility of future violations, of physical violations. because up until now, nobody has known for certain. really, a nuclear plant is not the place to be firing mortars and rockets and artillery. this plant is relatively well protected. it's much more modern than the chernobyl one that blew up in 1986. it's got protective shields around the reactors. but the biggest threat is really the interruption of the electricity supply. and ukraine has been accusing russia of doing what it calls nuclear blackmail, of worrying the world and the west in particular that there is a risk that there could be a huge, great, big accident. nobody�*s talking about a mushroom cloud of an explosion, but the accidental release of radiation. let's take a look at some other top stories today. an estimated 70,000 people have been taking part in anti—government demonstrations in the czech capital prague amid soaring

the i 8 chief rafael grossi has left the russian occupied at supper. asia plans for 5 others are staying back to raise about reports from keith ah. renewed fighting around the sub, what it's yeah. nuclear power plant in the city of in order that did not prevent the un nuclear watchdog team from crossing the front lines. ah, in spite of the dangers, the team lead by the international atomic energy director ref i ludo c moved ahead to begin the much expected visit. i saw a lot and i helped by people there. we were able to, i was able to work the whole site. moscow says keep center sabotage team to try to recover. europe's largest. no power plant that's been under russian control since march, 1st as old roosevelt, a 6th 20 am to teams of ukrainians saboteurs. 60 men stroll. you 7 speed boats attempted to land on the banks of the kafka water reservoir, some 3 kilometers ne, to the super easy a nuclear power plant. he denies all accusations and says moscow is trying to manipulate the visit. carried out attacks around the city to terrorize the population and the ukrainian employees inside the

so director general rafael grossi outlined the latest of elements at a media conference on monday. shelling continues, and the direct impact on the reactors on associated facilities in, in particular the, the spent fuel areas where the, where the spent fuel is located. or less or more of the problems right now costing life to form a german m p, and member of the left party molten mountain. bolts are very good afternoon to get to see today. let's just get straight into it. here. as we understand russian troops have been guarding these potentially atomic facilities since early march. then we've had the un nuclear t in the e. assessing the shelling at this nuclear facility. each side has been blaming each other for shutting around this facility. russia blaming ukraine. ukraine blaming russia. if the russians have been in charge of it since march, i, i guess that's strange why russians will be bombing themselves, but i wanted to ask you, the i a e. a didn't attribute any blame to any side during this recent visit. why do you think that was i think that depends on the political pressure which is

grossi has said that they won't be able to do their job properly in terms of monitoring iran, nuclear activities, if there is no return to this nuclear deal. and it seems that right now, that is exactly where things are right. and the iranian officials are adamant that until the united states agree, so their terms and returns to their end of the bargain that they agree to. and more after what they did in 2018. the radians will not agree to come back to the deal because they're afraid the americans will do the same again in when there is another election united states and another administration in washington, dosage of ari that for us into the wrong. thank you. now the developing story, if iraq supreme court has ruled it does not have the constitutional authority to dissolve parliament saying it must dissolve itself. politicians allied with the influential shia lead a mcdonald, solder had re file the petition. last month off to previous request is rejected. sada support is have been protesting for moms coding for complete, oval whole of the political system and new elections. let's go

grossi offline. the latest developments that of monday media conference sharing continues and their direct impact on, on the reactors on associated facilities. in particular that the spent fuel areas where the, where the spent fuel is located with owner in the program here at ot see i did speak with former job and m p and a member of the left party, martin told so how he believes the i e a is powerless to act, he says, it's under political pressure. i am sure be strong enough to say what they have been seating. and if they have seen the numbers which prove that it has been made of nature, nature rockets, and why should the rational shoot them? i mean, no one merely no one who has a clear mind what belief that someone should be in a nuclear power. and then if you would see it wouldn't affect the last reason that you're crying, but that would affect region in russia as well. so as far as i can see, the crying in government, it's using this nuclear power to blackmail the rec center states to even a for,

arriving in vienna, the iaea chief rafael grossi outlined his assessment and plans for the immediate future. as you know, the work that i conducted there was an initial visit, which lasted a few hours. it went down for a few hours. i was able to kill her do many things there, and i'm sure you will have questions about it, so i will not say everything now at this point. also, after that, as you know, six of our experts remain there. they are going to continue the work that we started yesterday, and after that, as i also indicated in kyiv and after the visit and inspection of the nuclear plant when i came back, and at the plant itself, we are establishing our permanent presence on sites, this time with two of our experts which will be continuing to work. from the iaea. to the us now, where a court has revealed more details about government files seized by fbi investigators during a search of donald trump's florida home in august. according to an inventory which has been made public, the haul included dozens of secret and top secret documents. more than forty folders labelled as classif

rafael grossi, the head of there. rafael grossi, the head of the international atomic energy agency, said his mission was to prevent a nuclear accident, he said yesterday after he visited the facility that he was given access to key areas of the station, that his team had managed to gather a lot of important information but there was still a lot of work to be done. thank you very much, hugo bachega in the ukrainian capital. now it's time for a look at the weather with matt. how are you? very well, hope you are too and you at home. it will be a funny weekend weather—wise in that some of you will get away with largely dry weekends, sunshine and warmth, but very heavy rain at times for others including parts of northern ireland and south—west scotland where we will see further rain developed which could be fun to read today. some showers in the midlands and southern england will transfer into wales and gets heavier later, the odd isolated shower in eastern scotland but many of you fairly dry and feeling quite humid i

iaea director general rafael grossi spoke on esday. >> the physical attack wittingly or unwitting, hits this facility haseceived and that i personally have en and assess together with my experts is simply unacceptable. they are playing with fire. and something very, very catastrophic could take place the specific recommendation in my report that the operator should be allowed to return to its clear and routine line of responsibilities -- rk environment must be reestablished, including proper family support for the staff. amy: ukraine is now considering shutting down the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant over safety concerns. for more, we are joined by two guests. olexi pasyuk is the deputy director of the ukrainian ngo eco-action, where his focus is on energy and nuclear energy. and edwin lyman is director of nuclear power safety at the union of concerned scientists, co-author of the book "fukushima, the story of a nuclear disaster." he recently wrote an article headlined "can the zaporizhzhia nuclear plant avoid a major disaster?" we welcome you both to democracy now! let's go to washin

grossi, has been saying that although the presence of his inspectors inside the plant had not been able to do much, saying that their presence have been important, changing the ability to inspect, calling it a game changer. >> seven valleys is at the hospital after two gunmen opened fire on the bus. this is according to the israel defense forces .6 soldiers and one citizen were on board. one was severely injured. we have learned that several shots were released and only three remain in hospital. now, from jerusalem, with more. what can you tell us about the shooting? >> reporter: this took place on route 90, near the border of jordan. it was a civilian bus that was full of soldiers. according to israeli defense officials, they believe that the man in a pickup truck were tracking the bus for some time and were likely able to tell that there were soldiers inside before he began hurley in explosives and cut the bus off and began shooting. seven people were injured. the civilian bus driver, and six soldiers. only three of this people remain in hospital. the suspects drove off in the pickup

today the head of the international atomic energy agency rafael grossi will brief the u.n. security council on his agency's findings after a team of iaea inspectors reached zaporizhzhia last week. elsewhere, ukrainian officials say a russian rocket attacks killed three civilians in kharkiv, while in the south, officials in the russian-occupied city of kherson have postponed a voter referendum on whether to join russia as ukraine presses a counter-offeive to retake the regi. the russian energy giant gas prom has cut off the flow of gas to the nord stream 1 pipeline, compounding energy shortages across europe which is heavily reliant on russian fsil fuel. a spokesperson for russian president vladimir putin said monday western sanctions have made it impossible for russian engineers to maintain components of the pipeline, including a turbine critical to its operation. >> problems arose because of sanctions imposed against our country and against a number of companies by western states, including germany and the united kingdom. there is no other reasons that would lead to proble

today iaea director general rafael grossi told the security council the violence needs to end. dir. grossi: the physical attack wittingly or unwittingly, the hits that this facility has received and that i could personally see, assess together with my experts is simply unacceptable. we are playing with fire and something very catastrophic could take place. nick: grossi and his team visited the plant last week, escorted by a russian nuclear official. today's iaea report called the situation unsustainable and warned of damage to a building that houses fresh nuclear fuel and a radioactive waste storage facility. and the report calls for a protection zone around the plant, an improvement of staff conditions, and the end of military activities that have damaged the plant's source of electricity. ukrainian and u.s. officials accuse russia of targeting the plant's incoming sources of power, as part of a plan to reroute the plant's output away from ukraine, and into russian controlled territory. but those incoming sources of power prevent what ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy called

iaea director general rafael grossi spoke on tuesday. >> the physical attack wittingly or unwitngly, the hits this facility has received and that i personally have assessed together with my experts, is simply unacceptable. we are playing witfire. something very, very catastrophic could take place. amy: "the washington post" is reporting a highly classified document detailing a foreign government's military defenses, including its nuclear capabilities, was found by the fbi during its search of donald trump's mar-a-lago property. "the post" reports some of the documents uncovered were so sensitive that even many senior national security officials would not normally have access to them. the fbi has also revealed it found 48 empty folders marked "classified" during its search. a state judge in new mexico has removed a county commissioner from power for taking part in the january 6 attack at the u.s. capitol. the judge ruled otero county commissioner couy griffin had violated the 14th amendment by taking part in what the judge ruled to be an insurrection against the u.s. government. the j

grossi, the head of iaea. their i.d.s are carefully checked, but it's contamination from the russian side that's most feared. radioactive contamination. they've come from around zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, which has been on the front line of russia's war with ukraine. these retirees say they fled this a car with mortars flying over their heads just as u.n. inspectors arrived after weeks of negotiation. >> mortars flying right above us, above the car. you didn't know where to go and right behind us there was bang bang. they let us through because iaea was on its way, and they let us through. >> reporter: russia's defense minister insisted there are no heavy weapons near the plant. >> translator: we don't have heavy weapons on the territory of the nuclear power plant and in the surrounding areas. i hope tiaea commission will be able to see that. >> reporter: on day one, the u.n. inspectors encountered russian troops and russian trucks inside nuclear facilities. ukrainian officials say they're a fire hazard

rafael grossi, who led that team into the nuclear power station drew attention to the single biggest threat it faces. take a listen. >> it is clear that those who have these aims, these military aims, know very well that the way to cripple or to do more damage is not to look into the reactors, which are enormously sturdy and robust, but to hit where it hurts so the plant becomes very, very problematic. >> now, hitting where it hurts means cutting the main power supply to the cooling system. that's happened twice, at least in the last week, kaitlan, and it's that really that he says military planners, he's not saying who, clearly know what they're doing, kaitlan. >> and sam, all this is going on as russia is threatening to cut off oil supply to countries who impose restrictions as the finance ministers from the g-7 nations have agreed to put a price cap on russian oil, so what more do we know about that? >> well, it's a price cap, they don't know where the price cap will fall. obviously, the price of oil has gone up and down following the last six months of the war in ukraine. most of

grossi who led that mission told our christiane amanpour. >> the mere fact that there is continuity of attacks and shellings, deliberately or not, willingly or unwillingly, they are hitting the nuclear plant, the largest in europe, i must say the danger continues. >> reporter: now, the danger continues because the zaporizhzhia nuclear plant station is on a front line. we know it's being used as a fire base. we have been able to establish that for ourselves, as cnn, by russian troops regularly firing missiles out of that location. it's not clear who is doing the shelling around that location, either the ukrainians, who are blind, it's not them, and it would be very weird if they did shell a nuclear power station owned and run by their own people, but nonetheless, the russians do make that allegation against them. it is the physical threat to the power station and the power supply to it, which drives the cooling system for the nuclear reactors there that is really most exercising the iaea, the nuclear inspectors, and now behind them, joining the cause for it to become a secured area,

on friday, the iaea chief, rafael grossi, said his team was able to see everything they asked for. he said they'd be issuing a safety report early next week. this is video of the inspectors arriving. it's been released by russian tv outlets. ukraine's president, zelenskyy, expressed that the russians were in going to allow the independent team to do an impartial investigation. nbc's jay gray has been following the story. he's in zaporizhzhia right now. jay, tell me about this. there's some conflict about both whether they have all the access they needed, what they saw, and fundamentally, the big important question is, the condition of that actual plant. >> yeah, no, you're absolutely right. let's start with what you were just talking about. the infect years or saying that they have been given free rein, that they can go wherever they want. when the, asked they can be kept taken to an area intern everything. what we've learned over the weekend as the soldiers inside that plant, when it comes to those inspectors, withdrawn and really not speaking to them, not saying anything, just st

rafael grossi said a lack of external power, and staff access to the plant, make this moment critical. mr. grossi: let me be clear, the shelling around zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant must stop and a nuclear safety and security protection zone agreed immediately. a nuclear power plant can never be a pawn of war. its fate must not be decided by military means. the consequences of such action are far too grave. judy: russia occupied zaporizhzhya six months ago. this week, nick schifrin and his team traveled to the nearby village of nikopol and discovered russia has made the nuclear plant a combat zone. nick: from behind a nuclear shield, russia strikes nikopol's civilian targets. including what used to be liudmyla shyshkina's apartment. she and her son pavlo stand in the spot a russian rocket tore through the ceiling and the walls. it stole her home and her husband. 81-year-old anatoliy was killed on the spot. liudmyla: he got this apartment. he was happy because he wanted to leave something for our children. he died and left nothing for his children. nick: the source of the strike see

grossi has as to the russian or deposit zachary z. a plot or 5 others are staying behind. 3 survey reports from give renewed fighting around this up what it's yeah, nuclear power plant in the city of in order that did not prevent the un nuclear watchdog team from crossing the front lines. ah, in spite of the dangers, the team led by the international atomic energy director f, i ludo c moved ahead to begin the match, expected visit. grossey said he was able to inspect vital equipment. i saw a lot and i have my people there and we were able to, i was able to work at the whole site. moscow says keep center sabotage team to try to recover europe's largest, no power plant that's been under russian control since march. first of all, rosin milan at 6 20 am to teams of ukrainians saboteurs. 60 men stroll. you 7 speed boats attempted to land banks of the kafka water reservoir. some 3 kilometers, little feast to the supper is your nuclear poplar. he denies all accusations and says moscow is trying to manipulate the visit, carried out attacks ar

e, a rafael grossi in the next few hours. here in the headquarters of the un nuclear watchdog, the meeting is going to be held privately with no press allowed. this is the 1st time that the 2 men will be meeting since june, as we heard from mohammed s o me who opened the 66 annual conference earlier on monday. he said that his country has nothing to hide, but yet the head of the nuclear watchdog rough, how gross, he has said that his agency is no longer able to provide any reassurance, is that around nuclear program is completely peaceful. what is at stake here is really a return to that 2015 nuclear deal. the agencies role is to oversee the implementation and safeguards of not only that nuclear deal, but also the nonproliferation treaty. iran has signed since the 1970 s. what the agency is saying is that they are not allowing their inspectors to carry out their work in order to be able to provide reassurance as to their board of governors. and the international community that are on super program is for peaceful purposes and