Cover image: The Zaporizhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine on August 4, 2022. ALEXANDER ERMOCHENKO / REUTERS
- A ” disaster “ at the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant would threaten the whole of Europe, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned on Monday. “Any radioactive incident” at the Russian-controlled nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine “can deal a blow to the countries of the European Union, to Turkey, to Georgia, and to countries in more distant regions. It all depends on the direction and strength of the wind.he warned in his address on Monday evening.
- Governor of Luhansk Oblast Serhi Haidai said on Monday that Ukrainian forces had targeted, on Sunday, a Russian military base occupied by members of the Wagner group, in the town of Popasna. The number of victims is under investigation as well as their identification in order to determine, in particular, whether the unofficial leader of the Wagner group, Evgueni Prigojine, is among them.
- Intense shelling killed several people in Kharkiv and the Donetsk region on Mondaypriority target of the Russians, where more than a quarter of the population remains despite the obligation to evacuate decided in July by Volodymyr Zelensky.
- Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres spoke on Monday by telephone and notably mentioned the security of the Zaporijia nuclear power plant, under Moscow control in southern Ukraine. Antonio Guterres’ spokesman said the UN was able to help organize the arrival of an IAEA mission to the plant. “The risks increase every day” in Zaporizhia, said Sunday, Dmitro Orlov, the mayor of Enerhodar, saying that mortar fire had become daily.
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