Ukraine announced on Sunday that renewed Russian artillery fire damaged three radiation sensors at the Zaporizhia power plant and injured a worker.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called Saturday night's shelling "Russian nuclear terrorism" and justified more international sanctions, this time against Moscow's nuclear sector. turned into Kyiv saidRussiacollided with power lines at a power plant on Friday.
However, Russian-installed authorities in the region said Ukraine had attacked the site with multiple rocket launchers, damaging areas near the administration building and storage facilities. Stated.
Reuters was unable to verify the versions on either side.
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"[It] highlights the very real risk of a nuclear disaster," says the International Atomic Energy Agency. Secretary Rafael Mariano Grossi warned on Saturday.
Elsewhere, deals to unblock Ukrainian food exports and alleviate global shortages have accelerated, the first since Russia's invasion on 24 February. While the cargo ship was docked, another four ships set sail from the Ukrainian Black Sea port.
Her four ships sailing carried approximately 170,000 tons of corn and other provisions. They were sailing under an agreement brokered by the United Nations and Turkey.
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Before the February 24th invasion of Moscow, which it called a "special military operation," Russia and Ukraine together accounted for almost one-third of world wheat exports. The turmoil since then has threatened famine in several parts of the world.
Battle of Donbass
Putin's forces seek full control of the Donbass region of eastern Ukraine which pro-Moscow separatists seized after the Kremlin annexed southern Crimea in 2014.
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Russian forces stepped up Sunday attacks north and northwest of Donetsk city in Donbass, Ukraine said the military. The Russians attacked Ukrainian positions near the heavily fortified settlements of Piski and Avdiuka, and shelled other parts of the Donetsk region, it said. , says Russia is gathering troops in southern Ukraine to prevent a possible counterattack near Kherson.
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Ukraine's chief war crimes prosecutor said about 26,000 suspected war crimes committed since the invasion were being investigated, of which 135 were indicted. He said 15 people were in custody. Russia denies targeting civilians.
Beyond Ukraine, a proxy war erupts in the International Chess Federation, ex-Russian Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovych wins his second term as president, and Ukraine's Andriy Bali Defeated Sporetz.
And after days of controversy, Amnesty International said of the "distress and outrage" caused by reports accusing Ukraine of endangering civilians. He apologized. This infuriated Zelensky and forced him to resign as head of the human rights group Ukraine office.
(Reported by Reuters Bureau, Written by Andrew Cawthorne, Edited by John Stonestreet and Frances Kerry)
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