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UN agency to inspect Ukraine nuclear plant in urgent mission

A firefighter takes a break to drink water as he works to extinguish a fire after a Russian attack that heavily damaged a building in Sloviansk, eastern Ukraine, Monday, Aug. 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Leo Correa) Firefighters work to extinguish a fire after a Russian attack that heavily damaged a building in Sloviansk, eastern Ukraine, Monday, Aug. 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Leo Correa) Tetyana, right, takes shelter inside the basement of a residential building during a Russian attack in Sloviansk, eastern Ukraine, Monday, Aug. 29, 2022. "When it's going to end?" asks the 64-year-old woman after arriving in the basement with her hands shaking. (AP Photo/Leo Correa) A woman looks out from the damaged window of her apartment after a Russian attack in Sloviansk, eastern Ukraine, Monday, Aug. 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Leo Correa) This satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies shows armored personnel carriers near reactors at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in Russian occupied Ukraine, Monday Aug. 29, 2022. A team from the U.N. nuclear watchdog on Monday started its journey to the Zaporizhzhia atomic power plant at the heart of fighting in Ukraine, a long-awaited mission to inspect crucial safety systems that the world hopes will help avoid a catastrophe. (Satellite image ©2022 Maxar Technologies via AP) This satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies shows bush fires outside of the main power plant facilities at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in Russian occupied Ukraine, Monday Aug. 29, 2022. A team from the U.N. nuclear watchdog on Monday started its journey to the Zaporizhzhia atomic power plant at the heart of fighting in Ukraine, a long-awaited mission to inspect crucial safety systems that the world hopes will help avoid a catastrophe. (Satellite image ©2022 Maxar Technologies via AP) This satellite image from Planet Labs PBC shows the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant occupied by Russian forces, in Ukraine on Sunday, Aug. 28, 2022. The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency said Monday, Aug. 29, 2022, that the U.N. nuclear watchdog's long-awaited expert mission to the Zaporizhzhia power plant in Ukraine "is now on its way." (Planet Labs PBC via AP) FILE - Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi speaks during a news conference in Tokyo, May 20, 2022. Grossi said Monday, Aug. 29, 2022 that the U.N. nuclear watchdog's long-awaited expert mission to the Zaporizhzhia power plant in Ukraine "is now on its way." (AP Photo/Hiro Komae, File)
UN agency to inspect Ukraine nuclear plant in urgent mission