Cover photo: The Zaporizhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine. March 29, 2023. ANDREY BORODULIN / AFP
- The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Mariano Grossisaid he was trying to find a compromise to get Moscow and Kiev agreed to “avoid a catastrophe” on Wednesday during a visit to the Russian-held Zaporizhia nuclear power plant.
- Ukrainian troops shelled the city of Melitopol, in south-eastern Ukraine, occupied by Russian forces. Ukrainian shelling damaged the city’s power system; A locomotive depot was also destroyed without any injuries, the Russian agency TASS said.
- Spain will deliver the six Leopard tanks after Easter week Defense Secretary Margarita Robles said on Wednesday that she had promised Ukraine, that is, from April 10. Spain had announced the deployment of these tanks at the end of February.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy invited his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinpingto go to Ukraine. “We’re ready to see it here,” he said in an interview with The Associated Press.
- Russian President Vladimir Putin admitted on Wednesday that international sanctions “may” have been imposed on Moscow for its offensive in Ukraine “medium-term” “negative” consequences for the national economy.
- Russia has started military exercises with ICBMs IARSthe Ministry of Defense announced on Wednesday morning via telegram.
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