The head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog said intense military activity had prompted the cancellation on Wednesday of a rotation of a mission by monitors at the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine.

The International Atomic Energy Agency's delayed rotation of experts at Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant was cancelled on Wednesday, after military activity caused the staff swap to be aborted. ;

The IAEA's planned staff rotation at Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant was cancelled amid military clashes. Director Rafael Grossi criticized the risk posed to his team, while Russia and Ukraine blamed each other.

Ukraine accused Russia on Wednesday of deliberately disrupting rotation of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) mission at the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. The ministry's spokesman Heorhii Tykhyi said in a statement that the Russian side had again used tactics it had employed before.

KYIV (Reuters) - The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has postponed the rotation of its mission to the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant due to a lack of security guarantees from Russia, Ukraine's foreign ministry said on Wednesday.

Russia accused Ukraine on Wednesday of engaging in "provocations" to disrupt the rotation of an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) mission at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine.

Russia has again disrupted the rotation of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) experts at Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), resorting to its usual methods of blackmail, threats and provocations.