One of the six reactors at the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant is said to be connected to the power grid again. From Russia it is said that the Kremlin is ready for talks with Kyiv “under certain conditions”.
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Since signing an agreement with Russia – mediated by Turkey and the UN – Ukraine has a million tons of agricultural products via its Black Sea ports exported, says President Volodymyr Zelensky. 44 ships left for 15 countries. The goal of his government is to export three million tons per month.
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The Russian army, according to British findings, has its Attacks in eastern Ukraine recently intensified again. In the past five days, the intensity of Russian attacks near the city of Donetsk has increased again, according to the Ministry of Defense in London, citing intelligence findings. There was heavy fighting near the cities of Siwersk and Bakhmut north of Donetsk.
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The President of the Military Counterintelligence Service (MAD) warns of an increasing Danger of espionage from Russia. “Particularly due to the training of Ukrainian armed forces here in Germany, but also due to the arms deliveries to Ukraine, interest in Germany as a hub and as a logistical hub has of course increased again,” says MAD President Martina Rosenberg.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin issued a decree on monthly social benefits for people who fled to Russia before the war in Ukraine signed. Pensioners are to receive 10,000 rubles (around 166 euros) a month and women 20,000 rubles for the birth of a child, according to the document published in Moscow on Saturday. The Ukrainian government repeatedly accuses Moscow of abducting people and keeping them in “filtration camps.” Human rights organizations also complain that people in Ukraine are often forced to leave their country for Russia.
AKW Saporischschja
- The situation in the Russian-occupied AKW Saporischschja in southern Ukraine is still unclear. It is said to have been disconnected from the power grid for several hours on Friday, which could have led to a super meltdown that was narrowly avoided, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. According to the operating company, Europe’s largest nuclear power plant is now more connected to the grid.
- The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) according to their own statements just before an agreement for an inspection of the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant occupied by Russian troops. Should Kyiv and the Kremlin come to an agreement, experts could be at the plant within a few days.
Diplomacy
- Russia’s ex-president Dmitry Medvedev sees the Kremlin ready to hold talks with Kyiv “under certain conditions”.. According to the Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council, Russia will continue its “special military operation” – there is still no talk of war in the country – until it has achieved its goals.
- Failed is for the time being – due to a blockade by Russia – a joint one Closing statement of the 10th UN Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference. “To my deep regret, this conference was not able to come to an agreement,” said the chairman of the meeting, Gustavo Zlauvinen, in New York.
Austria
- National Council President Wolfgang Sobotka (ÖVP) criticized Doubts about the EU sanctions against Russia, as his party colleague, the Upper Austrian governor Thomas Stelzer, recently hinted at. “Anyone who deviates from this European unity ultimately follows the Russian narrative,” says Sobotka. More on this.
(Red./APA/Archyde.com/dpa)