In Donetsk, the Russian army has gained territory – and mourns the death of an influencer. Backup systems were damaged by the bombing of the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, reports Russia and blames Ukraine.
diplomacy
- Erdogan and Guterres travel to Zelensky: Turkish President and UN Secretary General want to meet Ukrainian President Zelensky today – in Lviv (Lemberg), in western Ukraine. The “end of the war between Ukraine and Russia through diplomatic channels” should also be discussed.
- Tourist visa stop for Russians approaching? The Lithuanian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Gabrielius Landsbergis, is in favor of European-wide regulation. EPP chief Manfred Weber makes a similar statement: “We have to stop tourism from Russia,” he says in an interview with “Presse” and calls for a visa freeze for Russians. Estonia has already taken a step forward: from today, Russian citizens can no longer enter the Baltic country from the EU and NATO with a Schengen visa issued by Estonia.
Location at the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant
- Russia warns that Radioactive material can reach Germany, Poland and Slovakiaif an accident occurs. The Defense Ministry announced on Thursday that the nuclear power plant’s backup systems had been damaged by the bombing. If the Ukrainian armed forces continue to bomb the plant, the nuclear plant could be closed.
- the ukrainian technician of the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, which was bombed by the Russians to work in spite of bombardment further. They are under enormous pressure, but they are on the ground to ensure there is not a Chernobyl-like disaster, Portal news agency quoted one of them as.
Combat / Military
- There are said to be violent attacks in the country’s second largest city, Kharkiv. Seven people were killed and 16 injured in Ukraine’s second-largest city late on Wednesday, according to the Ukrainian emergency service.
- The Russian army records small gains in territory in Donetsk, in eastern Ukraine: The troops managed to advance near Opytne in the north of the region and near Nowomychajliwka in the southwest. Also in Donetsk, a Russian influencer was reportedly killed by a mine. In the pro-Russian Telegram groups, Semfira Suleimanova, 25, is now being hailed as a “peace activist”. The information could not be independently verified.
- at the south however, Ukrainian soldiers managed to capture a to stop Russian troops from advancing northeast of Kherson, said a Ukrainian military expert. Zelensky’s adviser Oleksiy Arestovych said in a video message that there is currently a strategic impasse.
- The Russian Black Sea Fleetwhich is parked in the annexed Crimea, according to the RIA news agency on Wednesday a new commander deployed after explosions rocked Russian military bases on the peninsula for the past nine days.
- According to British intelligence services, Russia is engaged in a war of aggression against Ukraine. Problems protecting your main battle tanks. The serious damage to many Russian vehicles in Ukraine is likely related to the fact that the tanks are not sufficiently protected with so-called reactive armor, according to a statement from the Ministry of Defense in London on Thursday.
- Russian prisons are specifically looking for volunteerswho go to war against Ukraine. Russian civil rights activist Olga Romanowa, who lives in Berlin, reports that suspects and defendants are also recruited with the promise that criminal cases will be filed in return. More on that.
(clepa/light/Ag.)