2023-07-05 19:34:35
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The fact of the day
About the nuclear power plant of Zaporijjia, the accusations fuse. This Wednesday, Moscow, which occupies the infrastructure located in the south of Ukraine, warned of a possible Ukrainian “subversive act” with “catastrophic consequences”.
“We must take all measures to fight against this threat”, commented Dmitri Peskov, spokesman for the Kremlin, accusing Kiev of having shown on “multiple occasions” its ability to “be ready for anything”.
kyiv is relying on the international community to take “immediate measures” in the face of the risks at the plant. “Russia has deployed military personnel and installed fortifications on at least three reactors, placing explosives at the plant. […] It is high time for the world to take immediate action,” the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry tweeted.
In the midst of all this, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) demanded access to all the buildings of the Ukrainian nuclear power plant in Zaporizhia to “confirm the absence of mines or explosives on the site”.
sentence of the day
There is no doubt that we are worried. »
These are the words of Rebeca Grynspan, a senior UN official very involved in the negotiations around the cereal agreement. Russia has said it sees “no reason” to extend the deal on Ukrainian grain exports expiring at the end of July 17.
“The Russian delegation has already come to Geneva and we plan to go to Moscow in the remaining days” before the expiration of the agreement, commented this UN executive. Russia regularly threatens to withdraw from this Ukrainian grain agreement concluded in July 2022 with the sponsorship of the United Nations and Turkey.
The number of the day
2. Like the number of injured after a suicide bombing in a kyiv court. The injured are Ukrainian police officers, according to the Minister of the Interior. “An attacker died on the spot. According to preliminary information, he blew himself up,” the minister said on social media.
The trend of the day
At least one person was killed and 41 were injured in a Ukrainian bombardment overnight from Tuesday to Wednesday on Makiivka, a city under Russian occupation in eastern Ukraine, local pro-Russian authorities announced.
According to the mayor of the city, the Ukrainian shootings began in the early evening of Tuesday before a second salvo a few hours later with “very violent strikes, which caused a lot of damage”.
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