Attacks on Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant ‘play with fire’, UN warns as Ukrainian adviser urges talks with Kremlin
The attacks on the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant are “games of chance with fire,” the director-general of the U. N. nuclear watchdog said. It comes after a series of explosions in the domain overnight, which broke buildings and equipment. The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, said none of the explosions had been “critical” to nuclear safety and security. But he said whoever the attack was, “has to prevent immediately,” adding: “You’re playing with fire. “”
Ukraine and Russia blamed each other for the attacks. The Ukrainian operator of the nuclear power plant said on Telegram that Russian forces were “targeted” bombings on Saturday night and Sunday morning. Russian nuclear operator Rosenergoatom had in the past accused Ukraine of bombing the plant. , which is under Russian occupation.
Ukraine will investigate images purportedly showing its forces killing Russian troops. Moscow said videos circulating on social media show Ukrainian foot soldiers killing Russian infantrymen as they tried to surrender. Olha Stefanishyna, Ukraine’s deputy prime minister, said the Ukrainian government would investigate the footage, but still “highly unlikely” that the clips will show what Russia claims.
Negotiating with Russia would be a “capitulation,” a key adviser to the Ukrainian presidency said. Mykhaylo Podolyak said Western attempts to urge Ukraine to negotiate with Moscow were “bizarre” given the Kyiv army’s series of primary victories. He added that this would mean that a country “that recovers its territories will have to capitulate to the country that loses. “The comments come after recent US media reports that some senior officials were beginning to inspire Ukraine to engage in talks.
There have been nearly 45,000 prosecutions by criminals for crimes allegedly committed by Russian servicemen in the invasion of Ukraine, the Ukrainian National Police said. An update released Sunday says 47 locations are known where Russian forces are accused of illegally detaining and torturing Ukrainians. in the liberated areas, adding Sumy, Chernihiv, Kyiv, Kharkiv, Donetsk, Kherson and Mykolaiv.
There are more signs that life is starting to return to a modicum of normalcy in Kherson as supermarkets reopen. ATB, a 24/7 store in town, had queues of other people outdoors Sunday as it greeted customers. The city recently retook through Ukrainian forces after a Russian withdrawal.
France sent two more air defense systems to Ukraine, as well as two rocket launchers, according to an interview with a French defense minister.
Rishi Sunak traveled unannounced to Kyiv on Saturday to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Sunak’s first in the country since taking office.
Sunak announced that Britain would supply a £50 million air defence package to Ukraine, adding anti-aircraft weapons and generation to counter Iranian-supplied drones.
Zelenskiy thanked Sunak for his, tweeting: “With friends like you by our side, we are confident of our victory. Our two nations know what it means to protect freedom. “
Ukraine’s Prosecutor General’s Office said at least 437 Ukrainian youths were killed and more than 837 wounded as a result of the Russian invasion.
Five other people were wounded in a Russian attack on a humanitarian station in southern Ukraine, said Kyrylo Tymoshenko, a senior Zelenskiy official.
Nine people, plus four children, were killed in an alleged fuel explosion at a residential building on Russia’s Sakhalin island, the governor said.
About 60 Russian infantrymen were killed in a long-range Ukrainian artillery attack this week, Kyiv said Saturday. south of Kherson. Russian forces left the city earlier this month.
Kyiv is in a “critical situation” with a shortage of force and faces power cuts lasting several hours, officials say, amid Russian attacks on the force’s infrastructure. But the Energy Ministry said Saturday that Ukraine’s power supply was low and there was no need to panic.
Zelenskiy said Saturday that the unrest was very serious in and around Kyiv, as well as six other regions. “We are running around the country to stabilize the situation,” he said in a video speech.
Ukrainian forces could be in Crimea until the end of December, the country’s Deputy Defense Minister Volodymyr Havrylov said.
The British Ministry of Defence has released its latest intelligence update on the war in Ukraine. Russia issued its debt on Wednesday on a unique day in history, he said.
The first passenger exercise to the newly liberated city of Kherson came from Kyiv for the first time since Russian troops occupied the southern Ukrainian city.
The funeral took place on Saturday of a Pole who was killed by one of the other two people when a missile crashed into a grain storage facility in the Polish village of Przewodow.
U. S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said China and Russia seek a world in which force is used in disputes, and vowed that the U. S. would not be able to play a major role in the country. The U. S. will continue to uphold humanitarian principles and foreign law.
Asia-Pacific leaders on Saturday added their voices to foreign pressure on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, issuing a summit at which they said “most” of them condemned the war.