Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi, who is on a visit to Kyiv.

"The main focus of our discussion was on strengthening nuclear safety in Ukraine, and ensuring constant monitoring not only of the condition of the NPPs, but also of the substations critical to their operation," Zelenskyy said in Telegram channel on Tuesday.

The parties agreed on the need to extend the mandate of the current IAEA monitoring missions to nuclear power plants in Ukraine in order to ensure continuous monitoring not only of the condition of nuclear power plants, but also of substations critical for their operation, the press service of the president reported.

Additionally, the IAEA also assured of its support for the construction of new nuclear power units in Ukraine.

The meeting was held on the eve of his next visit to the Zaporizhia NPP temporarily occupied by Russia.

The Head of State thanked Rafael Grossi and his team for their tenth visit to our country during the work of the IAEA monitoring mission at the temporarily occupied Ukrainian plant.

"I am grateful for the IAEA’s two years of work at the Zaporizhia NPP. We support the Agency's continued monitoring of the situation at the plant," Zelenskyy said.

The President also briefed his interlocutor on the consequences of the massive Russian attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure with ballistic and cruise missiles, along with kamikaze drones, which led to the temporary disconnection of NPP units from the grid and a reduction in their capacity.

"The shelling of critical infrastructure by the Russian Federation is the largest threat to the safe operation of nuclear power plants in Ukraine. It primarily affects ordinary people," Zelenskyy said.