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Status: 08/10/2022 01:55 a.m
The situation in the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant is to be dealt with in the UN Security Council. Ukraine’s President Zelenskyy promises to recapture Crimea. All developments in the live blog.
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The Zaporizhia nuclear power plant is to be discussed in the UN Security Council
On Russia’s initiative, the UN Security Council is to deal with the shelling of the Ukrainian nuclear power plant in Zaporizhia. Moscow requested a meeting of the most powerful UN body for Thursday afternoon New York time. The Council is to be briefed on the condition of the nuclear power plant by the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi.
The Zaporizhia nuclear power plant in the city of Enerhodar was shot at several times last weekend and some were damaged. However, the critical infrastructure should remain intact. Russia and Ukraine blame each other. The allegations have not yet been verified independently. UN Secretary-General António Guterres called the shelling of the power plant “suicidal” and called for international access to the site.
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Zelenskyi promises reconquest of Crimea
According to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukraine is still striving to recapture the Crimean Peninsula annexed by Russia. “This Russian war against Ukraine and against all of free Europe began with Crimea and must end with Crimea – with its liberation,” Zelenskyy said in his nightly video message. Although it is currently impossible to name the time. But the necessary elements are constantly being added to “the formula for the liberation of Crimea.” Zelenskyy referred to explosions at a military base on the peninsula that, according to Crimean chief Sergei Aksyonov, killed one person.