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Ukraine: Zelenskyy warns of ‘provocations’ at nuclear plant
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The Ukrainian leader warned of “dangerous provocations” at Zaporizhzhia, while Moscow countered with similar allegations of Kyiv planning an attack on the plant. Follow DW for more.
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An aerial view of the Zaporizhzhia power plant, with the six reactors, now turned off, clearly visible
Russia and Ukraine have continually traded fires in the vicinity of the power plant over the yearImage: Maxar Technologies/AP/picture alliance
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Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant: Moscow and Kyiv trade accusations of planned attacks
Ukrainian forces say they ‘destroyed’ Russian unit in eastern Donetsk’s Makiivka
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Ukraine says it ‘destroyed’ Russian unit in Donetsk’s Makiivka
Ukraine’s military said it attacked and “destroyed” a Russian base in Makiivka in the Russian-controlled part of the Donetsk region
“As a result of precision firing by Defence Forces units, another formation of Russian terrorists in the temporarily occupied Makiivka ceased to exist,” the strategic communication office of Ukraine’s Armed Forces said.
The office also posted an accompanying video to its message on Telegram which appeared to show explosions in the town.
Denis Pushilin, the Moscow-installed head of the occupied region, said that a civilian had been killed and at least 36 people were injured as a result of fighting.
Pushilin said that residential buildings, a hospital, schools and a kindergarten was damaged as a result of the blast.
The claim has not been independently verified.
Kyiv and Moscow have reported heavy fighting along the eastern Donetsk region as part of an ongoing Ukrainian counteroffensive to take back territories.
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Kyiv, Moscow accuse each other of planned attack on nuclear plant
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron that Russia was planning to stage “dangerous provocations” at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.
“I warned my colleague that the occupation troops are preparing dangerous provocations at the Zaporizhzhia NPP (Nuclear Power Plant). We agreed to keep the situation under maximum control together with the IAEA,” Zelenskyy wrote on Twitter.
Zelenskyy spoke to Macron ahead of the NATO summit in the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius next week.
On Tuesday, Ukraine and Russia both claimed that the other was plotting an attack on Europe’s largest nuclear facility.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces said that “foreign objects similar to explosive devices” were placed on the outer roof of two power units at the power plant.
While Renat Karchaa, adviser to the head of the Russian atomic energy agency, Rosenergoatom, warned on state television that Kyiv was planning on shelling the nuclear power plant and dropping a bomb containing nuclear waste at the same time.
No evidence was provided to support either claim.
Russia occupied the plant in the early stages of the war in Ukraine. Over the past year, it has become a focal point of concern as Russia and Ukraine accuse each other of shelling the plant.
However, threats of the dangers of a radiation leak have heigtened with the breach of the Kakhovka dam that lies downstream.
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Ukraine reports missile strike on military funeral with many injured
The Ukrainian governor of the Kharkiv region, Oleh Synehubov, said a Russian missile struck a military funeral in the northeastern region on Tuesday.
In a follow-up post with slightly higher figures than his original message on Telegram, Synehubov said that 43 people had been injured, 12 of them children.
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He described the injuries as “medium and light,” and attributed the information to medics treating the patients.
Synehubov said a Russian Iksander missile had hit a residential area in the town of Pervomaisksyi at around 1:35 p.m. local time (1035 GMT/UTC).
He said apartments belonging to around 2,000 people were also damaged in the attack.
Kharkiv is in northeastern Ukraine and borders Russia. The city after which the region is named is Ukraine’s second largest by population.
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