Cover image: The Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, April 27, 2022. ED JONES/AFP
- At the center of all concerns because of bombings, of which Russians and Ukrainians accuse each other, the Zaporizhia power plant found itself “completely disconnected” network for several hours on Thursday due to damage to power lines, caused by fires, announced the Ukrainian state company Energoatom. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said it was “informed by Ukraine” of this loss of connection, but specifies that the nuclear installations remain supplied by “the nearby thermal power plant, which can provide emergency electricity”. The United States warned Russia against diverting the energy produced, which would “unacceptable”.
- TotalEnergies announced on Friday in a communicated having reached an agreement with its Russian partner Novatek to sell it its 49% stake in the company Terneftegaz, which operates the Termokarstovoie gas field in Russia. Start of the week, The world unveiled that this gas field had provided gas condensate transformed into kerosene which was able to supply Russian planes engaged in the conflict in Ukraine. TotalEnergies ensures that the transfer agreement was concluded on July 18, but was not validated until Thursday by the Russian authorities.
- Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Thursday ordering a 10% increase (more than 137,000 soldiers) in the number of soldiers in the army. No details were given on the reasons for this increase in staff or on how it will be implemented.
- Joe Biden spoke with his Ukrainian counterpart to renew his support on the occasion of Ukraine’s national holiday, August 24. “It’s a bittersweet anniversary, but I’ve made it clear that the United States will continue to support Ukraine and its people in the fight for their sovereignty.”, he tweeted on Thursday.
- Ukraine denounced, on Thursday, before the UN Security Council, the Russian bombardment of a train station, which the day before, according to her, caused the death of at least twenty-five civiliansMoscow claiming, for its part, to have targeted a military train and killed more than two hundred soldiers.
- The Italian foreign minister met the Ukrainian president on Thursday in Irpine, a suburb of kyiv. Luigi Di Maio expressed his disbelief that“there are still those who deny the facts of what happened here, in Ukraine”. He promised that Italy would continue to support Ukraine in its defense against “the invaders, who are Russians”.
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