Kyiv, April 26 -- The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Sunday signed an agreement with Ukraine's Ministry of Energy to support the country's energy sector reconstruction, which has sustained heavy damage due to Russia's aggression following its invasion of the country in 2022, marking 40 years since the Chornobyl nuclear disaster.

According to the Director General of the IAEA, Rafael Mariano Grossi, in a post on X, Ukraine's energy sector remains "central to the country's recovery and future", adding that the agreement was signed in Kyiv with Ukraine's Energy Minister Denys Shmyhal to bolster reconstruction efforts.

"Ukraine's energy sector is central to the country's recovery and future. Marking 40 years since the Chornobyl...