Russia’s Vladimir Putin will most likely “cut off gas supplies to Europe” as fears of a Chernobyl-style crisis at the continent’s largest nuclear power plant mount.
Energy scoring firm Fitch says a total halt in Russian fuel supply to Europe “seems increasingly likely” as Putin intensifies his crusade against the West amid the war in Ukraine.
This devastating move would likely plunge much of Europe into recession as it struggles to locate energy resources elsewhere.
This comes as the EU desperately tries to fill the attractions of fuel garages on the occasion of an emergency like this.
Meanwhile, the head of the UN nuclear firm announced that he was “concerned” about the Zaporizhzhia plant in southern Ukraine, following vladimir Putin’s brutal bombing of the nuclear facility.
This comes after the UN sent a 14-man project to the factory, hoping to investigate the damage caused by constant Russian bombardment.
While Russian forces obstructed the investigation, Rafael Grossi noted that his team was able to “gather a lot of information” during their tenure at the facility.
“It is evident that the factory and the physical integrity of the factory were violated,” Grossi told reporters after returning to the Ukrainian-controlled domain with some of his equipment.
“Today we were able, in a few hours, to gather a lot of information. The key I had to see, I saw, and her explanations were very clear,” he said.
“I’m worried, I’m worried, and I’ll continue with the plant. “
Grossi concluded: “The thing is, the IAEA stays here.
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A value limit agreed by the finance ministers of the G7 organization of primary democracies on Russian oil and petroleum products.
In a statement, the G7 countries said the cap was “specifically designed to reduce Russian revenues and Russia’s ability to finance its aggressive war while restricting the impact of the Russian war on global energy prices. “
Ukraine’s Defense Ministry announced that it had destroyed more than 2,000 Russian tanks.
The war in Ukraine has been going on for days and Ukrainian forces have recently introduced a counteroffensive.
The British Ministry of Defence has released images showing Russia’s use of thermobaric weapons.
They said: “Over the past 6 months, Russia has demonstrated its total commitment to civilian life, killing and injuring thousands of innocent people.
“The use of thermobaric guns is just one of the tactics that cause such devastating damage. “
The video massive explosions and very giant craters on the ground.
As Russia continues to bomb the domain near the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, the Red Cross has called for an end to the fighting.
“In the event of a nuclear leak, it will be difficult, if not impossible, to provide humanitarian aid. . . and that is why the fighting will have to stop.
“The situation may just be a big incident, and. . . there is little that can be done to mitigate the disastrous consequences of this.
“So it’s time to avoid chimney gambling and instead take concrete steps for this facility, and others like it, from army operations,” he said. “The slightest miscalculation may cause devastation that we will regret for decades to come. “
According to Ukrainian army officials, Russia has been experiencing a shortage of troops since the start of Putin’s bloody invasion.
According to Vadym Skibitsky, representative of the Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, Russia has 350,000 soldiers.
According to Ukraine’s forecasts, Russia has already lost more than 48,000 troops.
The Ukrainian military claimed that its counteroffensive in southern Ukraine had been effective.
“The enemy is suffering significant losses, the manpower losses have increased from tens to hundreds. The apparatus is also burning,” said Natalia Humeniuk, a spokeswoman for the Ukrainian army in the south.
“We must destroy the enemy in terms of logistics, capabilities, capabilities. Ammunition warehouses explode, pontoons explode.
“This means that the enemy’s logistical and shipping connections are undermined to such an extent that it generates reserves. “
The British Ministry of Defence has published a map of those in Ukraine.
On the map you can see the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, in territory occupied by Russia.
Today, Russia has partnered with China to begin its Vostok 22 military exercises.
Despite its brutal invasion of Ukraine, 50,000 Russian infantrymen will participate in the exercise.
Russia’s defense minister accused Ukraine of bombing the Zaporizhzhia plant in southern Ukraine, despite reports suggesting it was Putin’s men who attacked the facility.
Sergei Shoigu claimed that Ukraine participates in “nuclear terrorism. “
Russia and Ukraine accused others of attacking the factory.
Gasoline costs were already high before the war in Ukraine, and are expected to skyrocket after Covid restrictions were lifted.
But it skyrocketed after the invasion because Russia is one of the largest producers in the world.
Continental Europe relies heavily on fuel imports from Russia, raising fears of winter blackouts, rationing and plant closures in Germany.
Only a small fraction of British fuel comes from Russia.
But the UK relies more on fuel to produce electricity than its European neighbours because it has less nuclear and renewable energy.
The physical condition of the Russian dictator was questioned following a video of the dictator speaking to an organization of Russian schoolchildren.
The academics, who had been ordered to quarantine 14 days in advance through the paranoid Vlad, baffled by the Russian president’s speech as he addressed them in the landlocked territory of Kaliningrad.
In response to a question from the children, Putin began to throw a tirade as his leg contracted uncontrollably.
“You have to be motivated for your goal,” he says. And, of course, I work hard.
“All this in combination is very important. Working hard is a skill in itself. “
He added: “It’s just, excuse me, a rubber tramp.
“It’s a skill to force you to work and do it productively. “
The head of the UN nuclear firm announced that he was “concerned” about the Zaporizhzhia plant in southern Ukraine, following the brutal bombing of the nuclear facility by Vladimir Putin.
This comes after the UN sent a 14-man project to the factory, hoping to investigate the damage caused by the constant Russian bombardment.
While Russian forces obstructed the investigation, Rafael Grossi noted that his team was able to “gather a lot of information” during their tenure at the facility.
“It is evident that the factory and the physical integrity of the factory have been violated several times,” Grossi told reporters after returning to Ukrainian-controlled territory with some of his equipment.
“Today we were able, in a few hours, to gather a lot of information. The key I had to see, I saw, and her explanations were very clear,” he said.
“I’m worried, I’m worried, and I’ll continue with the plant. “
Grossi concluded: “The thing is, the IAEA stays here.
According to the British Ministry of Defense, Russia began its military exercises despite the war in Ukraine.
The Defense Ministry said: “Despite the war in Ukraine, on September 1, the Russian army began Exercise Vostok 22, its annual joint strategic exercise, which marks the culmination of the year of military education.
“Russia has publicly stated that 50,000 troops will participate, however, it is unlikely that more than 15,000 people will be actively involved this year. This represents around 20% of the forces that participated in Vostok’s last training in 2018.
“The functionality of Russia’s military in Ukraine has highlighted that Russian strategic army exercises, such as Vostok, have failed in the army’s ability to carry out complex large-scale operations.
“Those occasions are very well written, do not inspire initiative and are basically aimed at impressing Russian leaders and the foreign public. “
Putin’s forces continued to clash with Ukrainian fighters in the Enerhodar district, near the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, the British Defense Ministry reports.
The Defense Ministry says: “Intense fighting continues in southern Ukraine, and shelling in the Enerhodar district near the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant is added. “
This comes as UN inspectors claim that its structural integrity has been broken “several times” by Russian bombing.
Since Putin introduced his brutal invasion of Ukraine, his army has lost around 50,000 troops, according to reports.
Some 48,700 Russians have been killed since the start of the conflict.
Most sensitively, the dictator’s army lost 234 aircraft and more than 2,000 tanks.
Craig Stanley Mackintosh, 48, was reportedly shot dead last week on Wednesday when his team ambushed him.
Mackintosh was working as a nurse and was reportedly shot in the neck while trying to save a Ukrainian soldier.
His sister Lorna Mackintosh in a Facebook post that she had “died in war saving lives like a true hero. “
Craig would have dreamed of joining the British army, but a useless cistus prevented him from doing so.
Lorna from Thetford said: “He told us it would be his ‘last hurrah’ as he returned to Blighty to be a gardener ‘in October’.
She added: “It had been her dream to serve in the armed forces, and seeing the fighting spread and seeing the devastation, she made the decision she was looking for to faint to help people.
“Craig is the kind of user who saw a complicated scenario and tried to make someone laugh. He’s a real morale booster and a lot of fun.
“He was well known and loved and earned the respect of entire peoples, all he was looking for was to help people. “
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said on Thursday he assumed state-owned power giant Gazprom would carry out maintenance on the Nord Stream 1 pipeline within three days.
Novak told reporters: “These are technical problems. The closure of Gazprom will last 3 days. We make our assumptions about this statement. “
Gazprom halted flows on the pipeline to Germany on Wednesday with a recovery in the early hours of Saturday.
Russian President Vladimir Putin gave the impression of walking awkwardly as he laid flowers on the open coffin of former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, leading to new health problems.
The first and president of the USSR, Gorbachev, died on Tuesday in Moscow at the age of 91.
Putin made a rare public by placing flowers in front of the Soviet leader’s open coffin.
In footage broadcast on state television, the president can be seen banging a bouquet of red carnations into Gorbachev’s coffin, alongside a giant black-and-white portrait of the former communist dictator.
He walks with a choppy pace, his left arm swinging and his “gunslinger” arm firmly grasping the flowers.
Russia has banned 55 Canadian military and political leaders from engaging in an-for-tat movement, Russia’s Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.
He said the resolution made in reaction to Canada’s sanctions was opposed to Russian citizens.
The British Ministry of Defence an update on the Ukrainian counter-offensive.
The update reads: “From August 30 to 31, 2022, the Armed Forces of Ukraine continued their offensive operations in southern Ukraine, supported by extensive long-range movements opposed to Russian command and logistics sites in the occupied area.
“The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine has also released video footage of high-speed anti-radiation missiles (HARM) from Ukrainian aircraft. In the past, Russia claimed to have recovered fragments of such weapons, designed to locate and destroy radars.
“Russia is prioritizing air defenses on the floor: the radar policy that enables this is a critical capability in its operation in Ukraine.
“A really extensive and sustained degradation of Russian radars with HARM would be a major setback to Russia’s already problematic situational awareness. “
The Indian military has landed in Russia for a week-long military exercise, India’s Defense Ministry said on Thursday.
The move came just days after the U. S. The U. S. said it involved any country operating with Russia now.
The Indian government said its forces are participating in multilateral training in Russia, along with other countries.
Russia is India’s largest military team.
Images of Russian dictator Vladimir Putin “hugging tightly at his table at an assembly with one of his trusted generals” sparked new rumors about the despot’s health.
In a rare public appearance, Putin met with Russian National Guard chief Viktor Zolotov, 68, to discuss the state of the Russian military’s operations in Ukraine.
Zolotov can be heard saying that Ukrainians welcome the Russian invasion, despite all reports to the contrary.
Click here to see the disturbing photographs of the bloodthirsty chief.
Outgoing Prime Minister Boris Johnson claimed that the war in Ukraine could lead to positive end results in the UK.
Speaking at an English nuclear plant, Johnson said Britain would no longer be subject to Putin’s whims of force.
“From this catastrophe, from Putin’s war, I think it will come out, in the sense that Europe will separate from Russian hydrocarbons,” Johnson said.
“We will no longer be subject, vulnerable, to their blackmail, and in this country we will have greatly accelerated the long-awaited reforms and steps towards independent power, adding to repair the damage we have caused to our nuclear industry. “
Craig Stanley Mackintosh, 48, was reportedly shot dead last week on Wednesday when his team ambushed him.
Mackintosh was working as a nurse and was reportedly shot in the neck while trying to save a Ukrainian soldier.
His sister Lorna Mackintosh in a Facebook post that she had “died in war saving lives like a true hero. “
Craig would have dreamed of joining the British army, but a useless cistus prevented him from doing so.
Lorna from Thetford said: “He told us it would be his ‘last hurrah’ as he returned to Blighty to be a gardener ‘in October’.
She added: “It had been her dream to serve in the armed forces, and seeing the fighting spread and seeing the devastation, she made the decision she was looking for to faint to help people.
“Craig is the kind of user who saw a complicated scenario and tried to make someone laugh. He’s a real morale booster and a lot of fun.
“He was well known and loved and earned the respect of entire peoples, all he was looking for was to help people. “
The Ministry of Defence gave the British a review of those existing in Ukraine.
This comes just days after Ukraine launched a likely successful offensive against its invaders, pushing Putin’s forces back into the Kherson region.
The war in Ukraine reaches its 200th day, with estimates putting Russian casualties at about 49,000.
VLADIMIR Putin’s warped commander, Andrey Gurulyov, suggested to the mad tyrant that he wishes to “annihilate the British Isles” in order to win the war in Ukraine.
The Mirror reports how Andrey Gurulyov said on Russian television that this would be the fastest way to defeat Ukraine.
On Russian television, the lieutenant said: “Seriously, London understands that there is no defense that opposes [Russian] hypersonic missiles.
“They also perceive that the main target is Germany or France, but the British Isles. “
Gurulyov added: “It’s the closest goal, it’s a lovely goal, which [we] would allow [us] to replace the final results of this clash [in Ukraine].
“So, absolutely annihilating the British Isles, I think we’re going to finish this story. “
It comes as Putin once reduced Europe’s gas to Russian gas, fueling fears that the energy crisis will worsen as winter approaches.
The Kremlin’s power company, Gazprom, has informed French power corporations that it will cut its fuel deliveries from Thursday due to a contractual disagreement.
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