Ukraine has once again condemned the Russian frontline bombings, including near the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, the biggest and most alarming situation in Europe to be discussed by the UN Security Council this Thursday (11).
In Nikopol (southeast), 100 kilometers from the Zaporizhzhia power station, Governor Valentyn Reznichenko reported to Telegram three dead and nine wounded in Russian night bombings.
Pavlo Kyrylenko, the commander of the military administration of the Donetsk region, announced this Thursday in Donbass (east) that 11 civilians have died in the last 24 hours: six in Bakhmut, three in Soledar, one in Krasnogorivka and one in Avdivka.
Brutally bombarding Soledar, Russian troops are trying to drive out the Ukrainian army to advance towards Bakhmut.
At Russia’s request, the UN Security Council will this afternoon review the security situation at the Zaporizhzhia facility, which its troops have occupied since March.
Russia and Ukraine accused it of bombing areas near the plant last week. It was not possible to verify the allegations with independent sources.
According to Ukrainian officials, 13 people were killed in the bombings near the plant on Tuesday night in the Dniepropetrovsk region, and one person in the Zaporizhzhia region, both in the east.
Rafael Grossi, Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), will inform the Security Council of the situation at that facility.
The IAEA said its report will detail how last week’s bombings “violated nearly all seven indispensable pillars of nuclear security.”
He also said he would try to arrange a special mission to the facility “as soon as possible”.
The group of seven most industrialized countries (G7) demanded on Wednesday that “Russia immediately return full control of the plant to its legitimate owner, Ukraine”, and said its occupation “endangered the region”.
Russian forces are trying to establish a land link between the Zaporizhzhia plant and Crimea, which Russia annexed in 2014, Ukrainian operator Energoatom said on Tuesday.
Near the city of Energodar, on the banks of the Dnieper River and not far from the Crimean peninsula, Europe’s largest power station has six of Ukraine’s 15 reactors capable of powering four million homes.
On March 4, shortly after the start of the invasion of Ukraine on February 24, the plant came under the control of Russian troops.
Ukraine will not leave Crimea
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday stressed the importance of the Crimean peninsula for Ukraine and reiterated that Kiev will “never leave”.
At the same time, powerful explosions at an ammunition depot at a Russian military base in Crimea on Tuesday killed at least one person and injured several others, and thousands of Russian tourists vacationed on the peninsula in panic.
According to the Russian military, the outbreak was not caused by any armed attacks or bombings.
Ukraine has not formally accepted responsibility for the incident, but presidential adviser Mikhailo Podoliak said on Twitter “this is just the beginning”.
“The future of Crimea is to be the pearl of the Black Sea, not the military base of terrorists,” he said.
Latvia’s parliament on Thursday declared Russia a “state sponsor of terrorism” and described its actions in Ukraine as “genocide” against the Ukrainian people.
On the financial front, Ukraine’s creditors have agreed to a two-year moratorium on repaying its $20 billion foreign debt, given the severe impact the Russian occupation has had on its economy.
“This allows Ukraine to maintain macro-financial stability and strengthen economic sustainability,” Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmygal wrote on Twitter. Said.
Ukraine’s GDP could fall 45% this year, according to the latest World Bank estimates.
source: Noticias
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