Two explosions were recorded near the spent fuel storage facility of the nuclear power plant in Zaporizhzhia , Ukraine: officials from Energodar, the town that hosts the plant, announced today that they speak of an attack by the Ukrainian army .
According to pro-Russian officials, Kiev thus wants to undermine the IAEA mission to the plant.
The team of technicians from the International Atomic Energy Agency will visit the plant from Wednesday to Saturday. The mission arrived in Kiev from Vienna last night.
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Moscow: "Continued bombing of Kiev on Kherson"
Ukrainian forces bombed the town of Nova Kakhovka in the Kherson region "7-8 times" today and the raids continue. The pro-Russian authorities who control the region in southern Ukraine, on which Kiev launched a counter-offensive yesterday, affirm this, quoted by TASS.
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Medvedev: "EU is bored, that it also introduces a total ban on visas"
"The European leaders are fed up with their Russophobic cackle about Schengen visas for the citizens of our country. Let them quickly introduce a total ban on their issuance. Finally everyone will be convinced of what Europe's attitude towards Russian citizens is" . The former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev writes on Telegram. "The Europeans - he adds - will show their true face and will less distract Russia and its citizens from the implementation of the special military operation with their lies and delusional messages. A 'la guerre comme à la guerre".
