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Thursday, August 25. Day 183. By Dmytro Aksyonov
Russian forces bombed the town of Orihiv in the Zaporizhzhya region and surrounding settlements, killing a 17-year-old boy and seriously injuring a 66-year-old woman, Zaporizhzhya Governor Oleksandr Starukhha reports. In addition, several personal houses in the domain became uninhabitable as a result of the bombings.
After a brief interruption caused by Russian bombing, the line of force was restored to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.
Earlier Thursday, Ukraine informed the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, had temporarily lost connection to its last external power line before being reconnected, IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano said. According to Ukrainian state nuclear company Energoatom, the incident, which comes after a bombing at the plant threatened its nuclear protection protocols, is the first time the ZNPP has disconnected from the force network outside the gates of planned maintenance on its operational history. Grossi pointed to the incident as another explanation for the need for an IAEA project for the plant, which he offered to personally lead. Ukrainian officials said they approved the proposed plan, while Russian officials said that while they did not oppose in principle, there were still some technical problems to be resolved.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he had a phone call with U. S. President Joe Biden, in which he thanked Biden for the “unwavering attitude of the United States toward the Ukrainian people” in the monetary and military categories, as the United States provided the country with $6 billion in a matrix consisting of unconditional monetary aid of $3 billion and a military aid package. of 3,000 million dollars. The two leaders also discussed next steps in the war and “the importance of holding Russia accountable for war crimes. “
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday signed a decree aimed at expanding the length of Russia’s armed forces from 1. 9 million to 2. 04 million as the war in Ukraine enters its seventh month. Moscow has revealed losses in the standoff since its first weeks, but Western Officials and the Ukrainian government in Kyiv say they number in the tens of thousands. The construction includes an increase from 137,000 in the number of fighters to 1. 15 million and takes effect on Jan. 1, according to the decree published in the Russian government legislature. portal.
According to a report published through the Cluster Munitions Monitor, Ukraine is the only country in the world in which cluster munitions were used in 2022, and the report notes that Russia has used cluster munitions many times in at least 10 of Ukraine’s 24 regions as a way to attack towns and villages. According to initial data, the era from February to July 2022, as a result of the bombing through Russian forces of Ukrainian territory with cluster munitions, at least 689 civilians were injured in Ukraine. The report also states that Ukrainian forces have used cluster munitions at least twice.
The Associated Press reports that Russia continues to supply the United States with assets worth more than a billion dollars a month, despite sanctions imposed on the country for its invasion of Ukraine. According to agency estimates, since the end of February, more than 3600 shipments of wood, metals, rubber and other goods have arrived from Russia to the United States, representing more than a part of the source delivered during the same time in 2021 (about 6000 shipments). The head of sanctions at the U. S. State DepartmentU. S. coordination office Jim O’Bryan said it would be highly unlikely to absolutely block the industry with Russia, as such a move could negatively affect the global industry. Moreover, in some cases, such sanctions, blocking the industry, would harm the United States more than Russia.