The EU is about to suspend the visa agreement with Russia. The Financial Times reports: this would be an attempt to limit the number of travel permits issued after the threats from some Eastern European countries to unilaterally close their borders to Russian tourists .
Meanwhile, Russian forces continue to kidnap residents in the occupied part of the Ukrainian region of Kherson and use violence when interrogating detainees. The regional military administration supports this, according to Ukrinform.
"In Kherson, the occupiers kidnapped three men and a woman. Their homes were searched under the pretext of a search for illegal weapons. The houses were looted, while the owners were taken away to an unknown location," he said. reads in a note.
The Kiev army updates the toll of Russian soldiers killed in Ukraine since the beginning of the invasion : about 46,750. The military is also claiming the killing of 234 fighters, 202 helicopters and 838 drones, and the destruction of 1,942 tanks, 1,050 artillery systems, 4,257 armored vehicles for transporting troops as well as 15 ships and 196 cruise missiles.
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Moscow: "Kiev makes nuclear terrorism"
"The Kiev regime is engaging in nuclear terrorism on the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant." The spokeswoman for the Russian foreign minister, Maria Zakharova, said in an interview, according to reports from Itartass. "Of course" nuclear terrorism "can be done not only by those with nuclear weapons or dirty bombs, but also in the way we see it now," he insisted. "Moscow hopes that the visit of the IAEA inspectors to the nuclear power plant will finally take place, despite the destructive influence of Kiev," he added.
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Aiea: "Buildings 100 meters from the nuclear power plant hit"
"There were bombings in the Zaporizhzia area on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, but the information on the nature of the damage is incomplete. The bombings hit the so-called special buildings of the plant, located about 100 meters from the reactor buildings. There was also damage to some water pipes, now repaired ". The IAEA writes it on its Twitter profile.
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Kiev: "In Zaporizhzhia levels of radioactivity are normal"
"Ukraine has informed the IAEA of new bombings in recent days on the Zaporizhzhia site but" explaining "that all security systems remain operational and that radioactivity is within the normal framework". The IAEA writes it on its Twitter profile.
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2.30 pm - Moscow: "Attacked the Motor Sich helicopter factory in Zaporizhzhia"
"The Russian aerospace forces attacked the Motor Sich factory in the city of Zaporizhzhia, where the helicopters of the Ukrainian armed forces were repaired", the spokesman of the Russian Defense Ministry, Igor Konashenkov, said in a press conference, specifying that "high precision weapons" were used in the operation. The Russian agencies report it. The attacks also hit three command posts of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, including one from the 54th Mechanized Brigade near Kurakhove in the Donetsk People's Republic, 42 artillery units in firing positions, and Ukrainian military personnel and equipment in 139 areas in the latter. 24 hours, Konashenkov said.
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1 pm - The Pope: "May the leaders of the nations have humanity and mercy"
The Pope at the Angelus, recited in L'Aquila, where he is on a pastoral visit, has launched a new appeal for peace in Ukraine and in other areas of the world affected by conflicts. "Let us pray for the Ukrainian people and for all the peoples who suffer from wars. May the God of peace revive in the hearts of the leaders of the nations the human and Christian sense of piety, of mercy", the Pope said.
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10.30 - Kiev: "379 children killed since the invasion"
At least 379 children have been killed by Russian forces in Ukraine since the invasion began on February 24, the Kyiv Attorney General's office reported on Telegram, according to Ukrinform. At least 733 children were injured.
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8.15 am - Kiev: "Ukrainian spied for the Russians, arrested"
Police in Chernihiv, a city in northeastern Ukraine, arrested a Russian Armed Forces collaborator who was caught taking pictures of a local school with a geolocation app installed on his mobile phone. According to Ukrinform, the man - a 49-year-old originally from Sevastopol, Crimea, but resident in Chernihiv since 2016 - handed over to the Russians, in exchange for money, the images of the photographed sites, with the relative data on their exact location. In addition to photos of the school, pictures of bus stops, churches and other sites frequented by the public were found in his mobile phone.
(Unioneonline)