The International Atomic Energy Agency says it is very concerned about the situation at the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine. The operation of Europe’s largest nuclear power plant is now led by the commander of the Russian forces that took it over.
We compiled for this story the four most important events of the previous evening and last night in connection with the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
WSJ: Russia is recruiting Syrian fighters for the Kiev city war
According to the four US authorities interviewed by the newspaper, Russia is thus trying to get fighters specializing in the urban war to help it occupy Kiev.
Independent operating in Syria DeirEzzor 24 (switch to another service) According to the news site, fighters have been promised to pay $ 200-300 for the good six months of security duty in Ukraine.
Russia has been operating in Syria since 2015.
IAEA: Europe’s largest nuclear power plant under Russian command
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) expresses its deep concern at the situation at the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine. The largest nuclear power plant in Europe is now run by the commander of the Russian forces that seized it, says the IAEA. It is known that the power plant’s staff is still working, but they are starting to have food at the end, for example.
– Management and staff must be able to perform their vital responsibilities without external interference and pressure, IAEA Director Rafael Grossi said.
Russian forces have cut off part of the power plant’s cellular network and Internet connection, and telephone and fax connections or e-mail to the power plant are no longer working. Mobile calls work in part, but the connection is very weak.
A fire broke out at the power plant on Friday as a result of the Russian attack.
“95% of Russian troops on the border now in Ukraine”
The United States does not believe that Russian landing forces are immediately threatening Ukraine’s third-largest city, Odessa. The U.S. defense agency told Reuters.
On Sunday, the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi warned that Russia would prepare to bomb Odessa on the Black Sea coast.
The U.S. Defense Authority also said that about 95 percent of the forces Russia is concentrating on Ukraine’s borders are now within Ukraine’s borders.
Russia has fired about 600 missiles in Ukraine since the country launched its attack, an official source said.