ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine, Sept 1 (Reuters) - An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) mission set off from the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia towards the nuclear power plant in the Russian-controlled town of Enerhodar on Thursday, despite reports of intense shelling there.

IAEA chief Rafael Grossi said the mission was aware of "increased military activity in the area" but was pressing ahead with its plan to visit the facility and meet its staff.

"There has been an increased military activity in the area. Having come so far, we are not stopping," Grossi said.

The IAEA mission arrived in the territory of the Zaporizhzhye region controlled by the Russian Federation, where a visit to the nuclear power plant is planned - the head of Energodar.

Russian Defense Ministry: despite attempts by the Kiev regime to disrupt the arrival of the IAEA mission at the Zaporizhzhya NPP, the Russian side confirms its readiness to accept them with full safety of further work, the situation at the station is difficult, but under full control.

The head of the military-civil administration of Energodar, Alexander Volga, told Izvestia about the state of the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant after shelling by Ukrainian nationalists.

According to him, the security system worked, as a result, the fifth power unit was turned off. Sixth works normally. Alexander Volga is confident that this situation will be eliminated.

He also said what he expects following the visit of the IAEA mission.

"We need to show the world the lawlessness and the madness of the Ukrainian government and what they have done in the city of Energodar and ZAES. This can only lead to one thing - the global atomic catastrophe. ".

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Sergey Lavrov at a speech to the students of MGIMO congratulated the Russians on Knowledge Day.

According to him, this day has turned into a special holiday. Schoolchildren, students after the holidays share their stories and events that happened to them. However, this year everyone is discussing the situation in Ukraine.
"And today are events that everyone is discussing, returning from vacation, related to what is happening around Ukraine. And if he speaks honestly, the events with the hybrid war, which the collective West unleashed openly, rudely, aggressively against our country, when he realized that their plans to turn Ukraine into anti-Russia failed, "Lavrov said.
Also from Lavrov:
▫️ Annalena Berbock's statement about the need to suffer for German citizens in order to support Ukraine is a fantastic recognition;
▫️ BRICS attracts more and more countries that apply for full membership, the future and other new associations;
▫️ In the West, Russian diplomats are denied any contact.

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Attention. Translated from Ukrainian channel:

Our source confirms the clashes in villages bordering Energodar and on the shore of the reservoir.
A brilliant special operation to plant a landing group in the number of about 100-200 people near Energodar, which was transferred from the side of Nikopol without the support of aviation and artillery.
The source reports that this is the tactics of the Office of the President of “thousands of cuts”, the purpose of which is to destabilize and spread panic among civilians and also to create an illusion for the media of a wide offensive.
The source indicates that NATO experts prepared this strategy.

The Russians, of course, have already eliminated almost all this Ukrainian landing group. There was no chance of survival. The Office of President sent them to certain death knowingly.

Many already indicate that the Office of the President uses its main advantage, numerical superiority in manpower, but at the same time, losses will be calculated in tens of thousands.

In Transcarpathia, mourning was announced due to the loss of the Armed Forces under Kherson

In the Transcarpathian region of Ukraine, mourning was declared for military personnel who died in the Kherson region. During the Ukrainian strike on Kherson, the 128th mining and assault brigade of the Armed Forces, deployed in Transcarpathia, suffered serious losses.

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State terrorism of Ukraine

Here we translate a list of officials on the liberated Ukrainian territories, assassinated by Ukrainian terrorists. The list is composed by Oleg Tzarev, and according to him, is not complete. All them are civilians, most of them had Ukrainian passports. Their "crime" in the eyes of Kiev terrorists is that they were working for their people...

Kherson region:
March 20 - in Kherson, Pavel Slobodchikov, assistant to the former mayor of the city and head of the pro-Russian administration of the Kherson region Vladimir Saldo, was shot dead in a car near his home.
April 20 - in Kherson, Valery Kuleshov, assistant to the deputy head of the pro-Russian administration of the Kherson region Kirill Stremousov, was shot dead in a car.
June 18 - in Kherson, as a result of a car explosion, the head of the regional department of the penitentiary service, Yevgeny Sobolev, appointed by the pro-Russian administration, was hospitalized.
June 22 - in Chernobaevka, the car of the head of the pro-Russian administration of the village, Yuri Turulev, was blown up, he was slightly injured.
June 24 - in Kherson, when a car was blown up, the head of the family, youth and sports department of the pro-Russian administration of the Kherson region Dmitry Savluchenko died.
July 7 - Deputy Chief of Police Sergei Tomko was shot dead in his car in Novaya Kakhovka.
August 4 - the head of the administration of the Kherson region, Vladimir Saldo, was hospitalized at the Sklifosovsky Institute in Moscow with suspected poisoning.
August 6 - Vitaly Gura, deputy head of the administration of Nova Kakhovka, was shot dead in his house. The official was hospitalized with severe injuries, he died during transportation to the Crimea.
August 22 - in Kherson, the car of the deputy head of the department of internal policy of the administration of the Kherson region, Igor Telegin, was blown up, he survived.
August 29 - Alexei Kovalev, deputy chairman of the administration of the Kherson region for agriculture, was found dead in his house in Hola Pristan. In June, his car was blown up, then he was taken to the hospital.

Zaporozhye region:
May 22 - Mayor of Energodar Andrey Shevchik was hospitalized after an explosion in the entrance of the house.
July 11 - in Melitopol, an attempt was made on the head of the administration of the Melitopol district Andrei Siguta. He didn't get hurt.
August 12 - Oleg Shostak, one of the leaders of the United Russia election headquarters, was wounded in an explosion in Melitopol.
August 24 - the head of the administration of the village of Mikhailovka, Ivan Sushko, died as a result of a car explosion.
August 26 - in Berdyansk, during an explosion near a health center where refugees lived, Alexander Kolesnikov, deputy head of the traffic police of the city, died from shrapnel wounds.
August 27 - in Mikhailovka, the head of the police of the city Andrei Ryzhkov was found hanged.

Kharkov region:
July 10 - the head of the village of Veliky Burluk, Yevgeny Yunakov, died as a result of a car explosion near the building of the local administration.

Lugansk region:
March 2 - the abducted former deputy of the Luhansk Regional Council, the head of the city of Kremennaya, Vladimir Struk, was found dead.

Donetsk region:
August 20 - A homemade bomb exploded in Mariupol at the entrance to the zoo, which was going to visit the pro-Russian mayor Konstantin Ivashchenko. No harm done.

Das ist fantastisch‼️💤

German Foreign Minister Burbock: "I promised the people of Ukraine that we would be with you as long as necessary, and I want to keep this promise. It doesn't matter what my German voters think."

Lavrov commented on the statement by German Foreign Minister Burbock that she intends to support Ukraine, no matter what her German voters think about it:

"Fantastic recognition! Simply fantastic. Just in the trend of talk about the need for early elections in a number of European countries."

MOSCOW, September 1 - RIA Novosti. Aviation and artillery of the Russian Federation destroyed six Ukrainian headquarters and a platoon of American M777 howitzers in the Andreevka area in a day, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Thursday.
Operational-tactical and army aviation, missile forces and artillery continue to strike at military facilities on the territory of Ukraine.
"During the day, four command posts were hit, including: the 14th mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kutuzovka region of the Kharkiv region, the command and observation post of the battalion of the 93rd mechanized brigade in the Dmitrovka region of the Kharkiv region, as well as 59 artillery units, manpower and military equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in 144 districts. A firing platoon of M777 American howitzers was destroyed near Andreevka, Kherson region," the Russian military department said in a statement.
In addition, in the areas of Chasov Yar and Artemovsk of the Donetsk People's Republic, two command posts of the Ukrainian troops were destroyed by unmanned aerial vehicles.

SIMFEROPOL, September 1 - RIA Novosti. An attempt to seize the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant by Ukrainian troops was carried out under the control of the British special services, Vladimir Rogov, a member of the main council of the administration of the Zaporozhye region, told RIA Novosti.
"The attempt by the Ukrainian side to seize the nuclear power plant, according to the information I have from sources close to Zelensky, was carried out under the control of British intelligence services," he said.
According to him, the paratroopers were trained abroad - in the UK and Poland. They returned to Ukraine via Odessa at the end of August.
Earlier, Ukrainian troops tried to land troops three kilometers northeast of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, numbering about 60 people. According to local authorities, up to 47 UAF militants were destroyed and neutralized, three were taken prisoner, two of them in serious condition. Another 12 servicemen were blocked. The Ministry of Defense clarified that their destruction is now being completed. Also, the Russian military sank two barges with saboteurs sent to help the first group.

ENERGODAR, September 1 - RIA Novosti. The IAEA mission has arrived at the Zaporozhye NPP, RIA Novosti correspondent reported.
In total, there are nine vehicles with the UN inscription and several escort vehicles in the convoy. The situation at the station is calm. There are no sounds of firing.

Literally a few minutes ago, an IAEA delegation arrived at the territory of the Zaporozhye NPP, Izvestia correspondent Emil Timashev said.

The commission is already preparing to study the consequences of the shelling by the Ukrainian Armed Forces and take notes.

Putin has arrived in Kaliningrad. Given the current international environment, this is much more brave act than Pelosi's visit to Taiwan, or Zelensky's trip somewhere 300 km away, to the front line.

Hello to all the morons who feed each other stories about the bunker in Altai.

Vladimir Putin in his meeting with the students also explained the the goals of the special operation:

According to the head of state, some accuse Russia of aggression in Ukraine, while in reality everything is different.
"No one understands or knows that after the coup d'état in Ukraine in 2014, the residents of Donetsk, Luhansk, Crimea - in large part, in any case - did not want to recognize the results of this coup," the president said.
According to Putin, Russia's task is to end the war that the Kyiv authorities launched against these people eight years ago.
"Our task, our mission, the mission of our soldiers, Donbass militias to stop this war, protect people and, of course, protect Russia itself, because on the territory of today's Ukraine they began to create an anti-Russian enclave that threatens our country," he stressed.
The President also stated the need to support Russian soldiers fighting to protect the inhabitants of Donbass and the Motherland.
"This is very important. And on the part of young people. Because the guys who fight there risk their health, and many die. They must understand what they are giving their lives for - for Russia and for the people who live in Donbas," he explained.

About teaching history in Ukraine
Putin said that Minister of Education Sergei Kravtsov told him the day before how history of relations with Russia was taught in Ukraine.
“Sorry, I opened my mouth! Schoolchildren didn’t know that there was a Crimean bridge. They thought it was a fake <...> They didn’t even know that Ukraine and Russia were part of a single state — the Soviet Union,” he stressed the president.

“Who wants Turkey to be the only power in the world, being a member of NATO, continuing to negotiate with Russia?
We should always be able to talk to everyone, especially those with whom we disagree. So we will continue to do it”: Macron is furious that Erdogan can call Putin, but he can’t.

IAEA to retain permanent mission at Zaporozhye NPP

MOSCOW, September 1 - RIA Novosti. The IAEA will maintain a permanent presence at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, the organization's director general Rafael Grossi said in a video posted on his Twitter page.
“Of course, there is still a lot to be done. My team remains. And most importantly, we will organize a permanent presence here from the IAEA,” he said.

On Thursday, the agency's mission arrived at ZNPP. The head of the delegation of "Rosatom" and the staff of the station led the members of the IAEA through its territory and showed the areas affected by the shelling of Ukrainian troops.
According to Grossi, the mission was able to collect a lot of information in a few hours. The head of the organization said that he saw those "key things that he wanted to see," and tied together the facts. He also announced plans to meet with residents of Energodar.