After the annexation of Crimea in 2014, and following the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) continued to fund research by Russian scientists on the peninsula.

Documents seen by the Russian bureau of Radio Liberty cast doubts over the IAEA’s impartiality in international nuclear affairs and expose the agency over bias towards Moscow.

A Radio Liberty investigation says, in one of many examples, that despite officially recognizing Ukraine's sovereignty over Crimea, in its communication the IAEA referred to Sevastopol as part of Russia. This week, the IAEA funds a training session in Moscow with the participation of residents from Donetsk – a Ukrainian city – whose country of residence is listed as the "Russian Federation."

The International Atomic Energy Agency, which counts 178 member-states and is headquartered in Vienna, has publicly and repeatedly declared its commitment to Ukraine's territorial integrity. "As part of the UN system, the IAEA makes it clear that the UN Charter must never be violated and borders must not be changed by force," said IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi in May 2023 in an interview with CBS News.

Zaporizhya Nuclear Power Plant - the largest nuclear facility in Europe - remains under Russian control.