Russia " has brought Ukraine and the rest of Europe to the brink of a nuclear disaster ": Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in the usual evening message quoted by the Kiev media. Ukraine "is doing everything possible to avoid a catastrophe in the Zaporizhzhia power plant," Zelensky added.
In fact, the alarm rises around the plant. The plant disconnected from the Ukrainian electricity grid , for the first time in 40 years of operation, amid mutual accusations by Moscow and Kiev of having caused the accident with the continuous bombing of the area.
The connection was restored after a few hours, but experts fear that the security of the site could be compromised at this rate.
Zaporizhzhia is "totally disconnected", Energoatom announced yesterday, explaining that the "two reactors in operation have been disconnected from the grid". And even though the security system held up, the Kiev National Energy Agency pointed the finger at the " actions of the invaders ", whose repeated attacks caused fires that blew up the last line twice. communication with the network.
For the pro-Russians occupying the plant, however, the disconnection was caused by the " massive Ukrainian bombing " that left most of the Russian-controlled regions in the provinces of Zaporizhzhia and Kherson in the dark for several hours.
Not far from Zaporizhzhia, in the Dnipropetrovsk region, the Ukrainian authorities have updated the death toll of the Russian raid that hit a railway station on independence day. At least 25 dead , including 2 children, and about thirty injured: a massacre of civilians.
Yesterday Zelensky welcomed Di Maio thanking him for the support provided so far by Rome.
The Economist meanwhile takes stock of the war on sanctions, which unfortunately does not go as hoped for the West: after a first moment of disarray, and the analysis of the British weekly numbers in hand, the Russian economy has stabilized , the there was no knockout blow, " ".
