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Aiea alert: Zaporizhia without power
Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant “lost all external power for the second time in five days,” IAEA chief Rafael Grossi said on Twitter, stressing that “the repeated off-site power losses” are “a deeply worrying development” and underline the urgent need for a nuclear safe zone around the site”
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Moscow: Ukraine shuts off electricity in Zaporizhia
According to the head of the pro-Russian city administration of Energodar Alexander Volga, Ukraine has stopped supplying electricity to the needs of the nuclear power plant in Zaporizhia. Volga told the Rossiya TV channel 24, which was filmed by Interfax. «We have just been informed that Ukraine has stopped supplying electricity for the needs of the nuclear power plant. We are again using backup generators to support all ongoing processes at the nuclear power plant,” Volga said.
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Leak in a pipeline carrying oil from Russia to Europe
Polish operator Pern said it discovered a leak in a line of the Druzhba pipeline, which transports oil from Russia to Europe, international media reports. Pern stated that the causes of the loss are currently unknown. The leak was found in a section of pipe about 70 kilometers from the central Polish city of Plock. The pipeline’s second line and other elements of Pern’s infrastructure are operating normally, Pern said.
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Russian bombs on Nikopol, three civilians injured, including a six-year-old girl
Three civilians, including a 6-year-old girl, were injured overnight in Nikopol in southern Ukraine after a heavy attack by Russian forces, Dnipropetrovsk region governor Valentyn Reznichenko told the Kyiv Independent. According to Reznichenko, the city was hit by 100 bullets, damaging a house. The little girl and her mother were seriously injured. Over 30 buildings and houses, two kindergartens, a school, some shops, a gas pipeline system and power lines were damaged in the attack.
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British Intelligence: 60% of Iranian drones launched by Russia were shot down from Kyiv
60% of Iran-made Shahed drones launched by Russia last Monday were shot down by Ukrainian forces, writes British intelligence in its daily update on the situation in Ukraine. “These UAVs (Unmanned Aircraft, editor’s note) are slow and fly at low altitude, which makes them easy to hit with conventional air defenses,” says the London Ministry of Defense report released today, but according to it “there is a realistic Possibility that Russia has achieved some success by attacking with several UAVs at once.
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Biden: “I don’t want to negotiate, but if Putin came to me at the G20, I would meet him”
“If he came up to me at the G20 and told me he wanted to talk about Griner, I would meet him. It depends. I have no intention of negotiating with Russia over Ukraine and no one is willing to negotiate about keeping part of Ukraine. So it would depend specifically on what he wants to discuss,” Biden said in an interview with CNN, stressing that negotiations for a solution to the war must include Kyiv. “Nothing about Ukraine without Ukraine,” stressed the US President, criticizing Putin for brutal acts and war crimes. “He miscalculated” on the invasion: “He thought he would be welcomed with open arms, that he would be welcome,” Biden added. After sounding the alarm of Armageddon, the US President has made it clear that he does not believe Putin will use nuclear weapons. “I don’t think it will be. But I find it irresponsible that he talks about it. What I meant is that the result would be terrible. He cannot continue to talk about the use of tactical nuclear weapons with impunity as if it were a reasonable thing,” Biden said, without detailing what the American response might be. The Department of Defense, he added, has been proactive in developing contingency plans in this regard. Even with a possible US-NATO red line, the President has been evasive. “It would be irresponsible of me to talk about it,” he said, explaining that the Pentagon should not even be asked to define contingency plans. But Russia isn’t the only foreign policy issue worrying Biden. There is also Saudi Arabia, which is promised “consequences” after OPEC+ cut oil production. Domestically, the US President postponed his 2024 decision until after the midterm elections, but said he was certain he “can beat Donald Trump again.” Biden then focused on the case of his son Hunter, who could be charged by authorities with tax-related offenses and false information about the purchase of a gun. “I’m proud of him,” said the US President. A note to the economy: Biden does not see a recession, but admits that a “mild” one is possible.
Guerra, the live broadcast. Joe Biden “does not intend” to speak to Vladimir Putin at the G20, but would consider meeting if the Russian president wants to discuss, for example, the release of Brittney Griner, an American imprisoned in Russia. “It depends on what he wants to discuss,” Biden said of a possible face-to-face meeting with Putin next month in Indonesia.
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Tomorrow, Putin will meet Turkish leader Erdogan at the CICA summit bringing together 27 Asian countries in Astana, Kazakhstan, and yesterday Turkey, through the mouth of its foreign minister Cavusoglu, urged Russians and Ukrainians for a truce, the first step towards a negotiation . Then, in mid-November, at the G20 summit in Jakarta, Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov says there could be a face-to-face meeting between Vladimir Putin and US President Joe Biden. And yes, it could be the turning point, also because Indonesia has confirmed the presence of Ukrainian President Zelenskyy (but not confirmed Kyiv).