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Ukraine
Russia-Ukraine war: UN ‘determined’ to visit
Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant; Russia turning site into ‘active war zone’, says US
– live
Negotiations under way for nuclear watchdog to visit
Russian-occupied plant; US urges for demilitarised zone
Clea
Skopeliti (now) and Samantha Lock (earlier)
Fri 26 Aug
2022 07.49 BST
5m ago
07.49
All six
reactors of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in southern Ukraine are still
disconnected from Ukraine’s electricity grid, Reuters reports, citing state
nuclear company Energoatom.
Energoatom
said electricity for the plant’s own needs was currently being supplied through
a power line from Ukraine’s electricity system.
It comes
after fires, caused by shelling, cut the last remaining power line to the plant
on Thursday, temporarily disconnecting it from Ukraine’s national grid for the
first time in nearly 40 years of operation.
12m ago
07.41
Blackmail
is the “hallmark of modern Russia”, an advisor to Ukraine’s Military of Defence
has said, describing Moscow’s leveraging of energy and nuclear power.
Speaking
about the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, which normally supplies Ukraine with a
fifth of its energy, Yuriy Sak said: “Russia is using the tactics of
blackmailing Ukraine as well as other international partners of Ukraine into
trying to negotiate some favourable deals in the future. The tactics of blackmail
– nuclear blackmail, energy blackmail – these are the hallmarks of the Russian
of the modern Russia.
“We
understand it very well and we hope that the international community will stand
firm in not budging to the Russian tactic of blackmailing.”
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19m ago
07.35
Russian
soldiers must leave nuclear plant to guarantee its safety, says Ukraine
military adviser
Russian
soldiers must leave the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in order to guarantee
safety, an advisor to Ukraine’s Military of Defence has said.
Appearing
on the Today programme, Yuriy Sak said that since the Zaporizhzhia nuclear
plant was captured by Russian soldiers in March, it has been controlled by them
but run by Ukrainian personnel. “Our personnel is trying everything they can in
the circumstances to ensure it functions uninterruptedly … The power plant
poses a risk to the whole of Europe.”
Asked about
updates on whether Russia will allow international inspectors onto the plant
site, “We have claims by the Russian side that they will allow this inspection
– we hope that they honour that commitment but the ultimate solution is not
just admitting the inspection … the ultimate solution is the complete
demilitarisation of the nuclear plant, [and] making sure that the Russian
soldiers leave Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. This will be the only
guarantee that nothing major happens.”
Russia
blames the Ukrainian military for strikes in the area.
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