3:50 p.m. UT. Macron asks Putin to withdraw Russian weapons from the power plant Zaporijjia
French President Emmanuel Macron told Vladimir Putin that the cause of the risks hanging over the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant was “Russian occupation”. The French President also asked his counterpart to withdraw the “heavy and light weapons” stored by Russia in the plant.
Emmanuel Macron “will stay in touch” with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky and IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi, “and will speak again” to Vladimir Putin “in the coming days, so that an agreement can be reached guaranteeing the safety of the plant”.
2:48 p.m. UT. Putin warns against “catastrophic consequences” attacks on Zaporizhia
During a new telephone interview, the Russian president warned Emmanuel Macron about “regular Ukrainian attacks against the sites of the Zaporizhia power plant, including the repository of radioactive waste, which could lead to catastrophic consequences.”
The largest in Europe has been occupied by Russian forces since the start of the war, and is regularly the target of missile fire. All of its reactors have been shut down to ensure site safety.
2.10 p.m. UT. Maps show large withdrawal of Russian army from Kharkiv region
A map of the Ukrainian region of Kharkiv, presented Sunday by the Russian Ministry of Defense during its daily briefing, shows a major withdrawal of the Russian army from this region, the scene of a vast Ukrainian counter-offensive.
According to this map, the Russian army on Sunday controlled only a small part of the territory in the east of the Kharkiv region, behind the Oskol river.
12:55 UT. France and Romania want to facilitate Ukrainian grain exports
France and Romania will sign an agreement on Monday to facilitate the export of cereals from Ukraine by land.
“Tomorrow, I will sign an agreement with Romania to allow Ukraine to evacuate even more cereals”said Clément Beaune, guest of the program “Political Questions” on France Inter radio this Sunday.
These cereals will go “to Europe and to developing countries, particularly in the Mediterranean, which need it for food and almost survival reasons”added the Minister.
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11:30 a.m. UT. The Ukrainian counter-offensive in the south: a disinformation operation?
According The Guardian who quotes the Ukrainian special forces, the offensive in the south of the country, which received great publicity, was “a disinformation campaign designed to divert Russia’s attention from the real offensive that was being prepared in the Kharkiv region“.
“It was a big special disinformation operation“said Taras Berezovets, a former national security adviser who became a press secretary for the Bohun brigade of the Ukrainian special forces.
11:20 UT. Mobile operator Kyivstar congratulates the Armed Forces of Ukraine
#Ukraine Saturday, account of Kyivstar, one of the two main Ukrainian mobile operators: “When the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kharkiv region are even faster than our 4G Guys, girls, you are the best”https://t.co/haiLk7OhXZ
— Stephane Siohan (@stefsiohan) September 10, 2022
11 a.m. UT. ‘Thousands’ of people fled Kharkiv region to Russia
Of the “thousands“People have fled the Ukrainian region of Kharkiv, the scene of the Ukrainian counter-offensive, towards Russia in 24 hours, the governor of the Russian region of Belgorod, bordering Ukraine, said on Sunday.It wasn’t the easiest night, it wasn’t the easiest morning. Over the past 24 hours, thousands of people have crossed the border“Vyacheslav Gladkov said in a video address, posted on his Telegram channel.
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9:30 UT. Ukraine says it has retaken more than 3,000 square kilometers from the Russians
Ukraine announced on Sunday that its troops recaptured more than 3,000 square kilometers of territory in September from the Russians during a counter-offensive in the northeast of the country. “Since early September, more than 3,000 square kilometers have returned to Ukrainian control“, said Valery Zaluzhny, the commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian army.Around Kharkiv we started to advance not only south and east but also north. We are 50 kilometers from the border“.
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9:05 UT. Volodymyr Zelensky announces the liberation of a new village
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced on Sunday the liberation by kyiv forces of a new village, Chkalovske, located in the Kharkiv region.
9 a.m. UT. Has Russia withdrawn from the region from Kupiansk and Izium?
Russia has likely withdrawn its units from the area, but fighting continues around the towns of Kupiansk and Izium, the UK Ministry of Defense said in its daily intelligence bulletin on Twitter.
The United Kingdom also denied the assertions of Vladimir Putin who affirmed on September 7 that only 60,000 tons of cereals exported from Ukraine and August had been sent to developing countries, and that the majority had rather been delivered to Western states and the European Union.
Citing United Nations figures, the British claimed that around 30 per cent was supplied”to low- and middle-income countries in Africa, the Middle East and Asia“. “Russia is pursuing a deliberate disinformation strategy to shift blame for food insecurity issues, discredit Ukraine and downplay opposition to its invasion“, added the Ministry of Defense.
8:40 UT. The situation around Kharkiv and in the northeast of the country
8:30 UT. The reconquest of Izium, in the east, is “in progress”, according to kyiv
Ukrainian forces are retaking towns and villages around the strategic town of Izium in their counter-offensive against Russian forces in eastern Ukraine, kyiv announced on Sunday. “The liberation of parts of the territory in the Kupiansk and Izium districts of the Kharkiv region is underway“, announced the Ukrainian General Staff to the 200th day of conflict. kyiv had announced a few hours earlier that its troops had entered Kupyansk.
6:15 UT. Last reactor at Zaporizhia nuclear power plant shut down, AP says
According to the American press agency Associated Press, which quotes the Ukrainian operator of the plant, Energoatom, the last reactor of Europe’s largest nuclear power plant was shut down on Saturday after the plant was reconnected to the electricity grid.
The plant, which houses six reactors, was disconnected from the grid last week after all its power lines were cut following fighting in the area. She worked in “island mode“for several days, generating power only for the essential cooling systems of its only reactor still in operation.”Energoatom said one of the power lines was restored by late Saturday, allowing plant operators to shut down the last reactor“, explains AP. All the systems of the plant must now rely on emergency generators running on diesel.
5:10 UT. Ukraine advances in the east, Russia regroups its forces towards Donetsk
Ukraine claimed breakthroughs in the east on Saturday, including the entry of its forces into the key city of Kupyansk. A new step in their recent lightning counter-offensive which allowed them to recover whole swaths of territory.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky rejoiced that “approximately 2,000 kilometers our territory“have been”released since early September“, without specifying whether it was square kilometers, in particular the localities of Vassylenkovo and Artemivka, not far from Kharkiv, in the northeast. The Russian army makes the “good choice to run away“, he added then, because “there is no place for occupiers in Ukraine and there will be none“.
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The Russian Ministry of Defense then announced that it had “took of“his present forces”in the regions of Balakliïa and Izioum“, in order to “to reinforce“its device further south, around Donetsk, one of the capitals of the pro-Russian separatists.
In Lyman, a town that fell into Russian hands at the end of May, “the situation remains quite difficult, as in other localities in the north of the Republic“popular of Donetsk, recognized its leader, Denis Pushilin, on Saturday. The head of the Russian occupation administration of the Izium region, Vladislav Sokolov, for his part admitted that the situation was also there “difficileThis new advance of troops from kyiv south of Kharkiv could significantly affect Russia’s ability to resupply its positions in eastern Ukraine and provide them with logistical support.
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