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- Russian strikes against the Zaporizhia region in southern Ukraine killed three people on Monday, the governor said, in the second day of deadly attacks on the region. “Three people were killed and three wounded in the Polovtsian district of Zaporizhia,” Governor Ivan Federov said on social media. According to , the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant recently announced that another drone had been shot down over the top of reactor number six. According to the power plant, reactor 6 has now been shut down. The Kremlin continues to blame Ukraine for the attacks on the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, calling them “very dangerous,” but a senior Ukrainian intelligence official has denied Kiev’s involvement.
- At least six people were injured after a Russian missile attack hit an industrial facility in a southern Ukrainian city on Monday, the region’s governor said. He did not give details about the type of facility.
- In recent weeks, Russia has damaged 80 percent of Ukraine’s conventional power plants and half of its hydropower plants. “This is the biggest attack on Ukraine’s energy sector since the beginning of the war,” Ukrainian Energy Minister German Galushchenko said, adding that he suspects Russia has modified its weapons and is now using Iranian-style explosive drones and missiles that cause more damage per attack.
Emotions are boiling over in Zaporizhzhya
Photo: Energoatom
- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov arrived in Beijing on Monday to demonstrate the strength of relations with close diplomatic ally China. Despite supporting Russia in the war in Ukraine, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Mao Ning told reporters on Monday that “China takes an objective and fair position on the Ukraine issue… We actively support peace talks and political solutions. China is not a creator or a party to the crisis in Ukraine, and we have not and will not do anything to profit from it.”
- US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has threatened sanctions on Chinese banks that support Russia’s military capacity at the end of four days of talks with China.
- The Kremlin has warned that the planned German military presence in Lithuania will increase tensions. NATO military alliance and EU member Lithuania, which borders Russia and its ally Belarus, previously announced it would partially finance the permanent deployment of 5,000 German troops from 2027.
(The Guardian)
