As UN Secretary-General António Guterres calls for an emergency withdrawal, Ukrainian military intelligence prepares Russian forces to launch a "provocation" at a nuclear power plant they control. I warned you. of military forces and equipment from the site.
Guterres, on his second visit to Ukraine since the Russian invasion, held meetings with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Turkish President I attended a press conference. Western city Lviv.
"I'm worried, we don't want Chernobyl again," Erdogan said.
Mr. Zelensky said he had agreed with Mr. Guterres on a framework for the International Atomic Energy Agency's monitoring agency to visitZaporizhia, Europe's largestnuclear power plant. In March, still run by Ukrainians.
The UN Secretary-General has called on Russian forces to leave with their military equipment. This is because there is concern that fighting in the vicinity of the site may lead to fatal disasters. Moscow and Kyiv have exchanged accusations of shelling the site.
``This facility must not be used as part of a military operation. We need it," Guterres said.
Hours before an international summit in western Ukraine, Russia announced it had deployed fighter jets armed with hypersonic missiles to the Kaliningrad region.
The commander of the Black Sea Fleet has also changed, Russian news agency RIA said. It came after a series of humiliations for the fleet, including the sinking of the main cruiser Moskva and attacks on a major air base in Crimea.
Inside Ukraine, Russian forces stepped up their attacks on Kharkov, her second-largest city in the country, ahead of the summit in Lviv. At least 11 people were killed, more than 40 injured and residential areas destroyed in attacks during the night and early Thursday morning.
Ukraine's defense intelligence agency is concerned that Russia plans to stage an incident at its nuclear power plant on Friday, with sources saying staff from Russia's Rosatom nuclear company have left the scene. said they are getting
Russian state media have already accused Ukraine of planning a "provocation" at a factory to coincide with the visit of the UN leader, and the Russian military planning a "false flag attack". It raises concerns that it is possible. When Guterres visited Kyiv in his April, Moscow carried out airstrikes on the city.
On Wednesday, Ukrainian Interior Minister Denis Monastyrsky said during a training of emergency workers in Zaporizhia that Ukraine must be "prepared for all scenarios."
A map of the progress of the warOn Wednesday, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg warned that the seizure of the plant by Russia "has a risk." increased," he warned. Nuclear Accident or Incident "
Russia says it may close factories after it claims strikes have damaged backup support systems. Igor Kirillov, head of the Radiological, Chemical and Biological Defense Forces, said radioactive material would cover Poland, Germany and Slovenia in the event of an on-site accident.
Hydrology of Ukraine The Meteorological Institute also warned that pollution was spreading across Europe, BBC journalist reported
Two issues cause serious concern over thesituation at the Zaporozhye factory. International nuclear safety officials are concerned about spare parts shortages, access to routine maintenance of reactors and contact with staff, all disrupted by the conflict.
The second problem is artillery fire around the plant. According to Ukrainian nuclear authority Energoatom, the impact of the Grad missile earlier this month was near the spent fuel storage area, and the plant operator said the Russian military had "destroyed" the container, even though it was on the scene. It was specifically targeted," he said.
Russia accuses Ukraine of firing.
On Friday, Guterres is scheduled to head to the port of Odessa on the Black Sea. This port is an important gateway for Ukrainian grains to reach the world. He then continues to Turkey to visit the Joint Coordination Center, the agency tasked with overseeing the agreement.
Ukrainian fields feed hundreds of millions of people around the world, so the sudden stop in shipments at a time when famine was already threatening East Africa pushed up global grain prices. rice field.
The United Nations brokered a deal last month to resume shipments. So far, 24 ships have left Ukraine's Black Sea ports, according to the monitoring group.
Kyiv has a backlog of 18 million tonnes of grain from last year's harvest, even though the 2022 harvest has begun. It hopes to soon increase its export volume to 3 million tonnes per month, lowering world prices and freeing up storage space for new grains.
From the launch of what Russia calls a "special military operation" and several UN Security Council members, including the United States, the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Norway, his six-month passes. called a meeting that day.
Kyiv is expected to launch a counteroffensive in southern Ukraine in the coming weeks, launching epic attacks deep into Russian-held territory, including air bases in Crimea. But despite Western shipments of arms and ammunition, Ukraine still suffers from heavy Russian artillery fire along the Eastern Front.
Ukrainian presidential adviser Oleksiy Arrestovich said in a video on Wednesday that the war had reached a "strategic impasse".
"Since last month, the Russian military has achieved minimal progress and in some cases advanced," he said.
