The United Nations' nuclear watchdog will revisit sites in Ukraine after Russian claims that the nation is preparing to use a dirty bomb in the war.
Rafael Grossi says the sites in Ukraine will be inspected
Inspectors are to return to the unspecified locations in the coming days after a request from Kyiv, director general Rafael Grossi said.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said that it had received an invitation from the Ukrainian government to carry out "verification activities" at the locations, which have been regularly visited by the agency's inspectors.
Grossi confirmed that IAEA had "inspected one of these locations one month ago and all our findings were consistent with Ukraine's safeguards declarations".
He said: "No undeclared nuclear activities or material were found there."
Russia has not provided any evidence for the dirty bomb allegations which have been dismissed by NATO.
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has warned that the claims could mean that Russia itself is preparing a similar attack.
Dirty bombs contain radioactive material, such as uranium, which gets scattered through the air when the conventional explosive detonates.
They do not need to contain highly refined radioactive material which makes them cheaper and easier to manoeuvre than a nuclear bomb.
The Russians are expected to repeat the allegation during a meeting of the UN's Security Council on Tuesday (25.10.22).
In a letter to Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, Russia's representative to the council Vassily Nebenzia said that his country would "regard the use of the dirty bomb by the Kyiv region as an act of terrorism".