Mykhailo Podoliak, advisor to head of the President's Office of Ukraine, was quoted as saying "The condition of the former Chernobyl nuclear power plant, confinement, and nuclear waste storage facilities is unknown".[10] However, the International Atomic Energy Agency stated that there were "no casualties nor destruction at the industrial site" and that it was "of vital importance that the safe and secure operations of the nuclear facilities in that zone should not be affected or disrupted in any way."[11][12]