Despite the threat of attacks on the plant, the IAEA announced that its team would remain at the site. Mikhail Ulyanov, Russia’s envoy to Vienna, said six of the 14 IAEA inspectors had stayed behind and two more would remain there “on a permanent basis”. After visiting the plant on Thursday, Rafael Grossi, head of the UN nuclear watchdog, warned that the integrity of the facility had been “compromised”. Footage taken by pro-Russian journalists showed his team of 14 inspectors being shown around the plant by Mr Karchaa, an adviser to Rosatom, Russia’s state nuclear company.