kyiv announces that the connection between the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant and the IAEA has been restored
The connection between the Ukrainian nuclear power plant in Zaporizhia, in the south of the country, under Russian control since the beginning of March, and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), is restored almost a month and a half after the loss transmissions, announced the Ukrainian operator, Energoatom.
The connection was lost on May 30, “when the Russians cut off the Ukrainian mobile operator Vodafone at Energodar”, site of the power plant, “with which the IAEA has a data transmission contract”, Energoatom said in a press release.
“Thanks to the joint efforts of Energoatom and Vodafone, on Friday June 10, the connection between the site’s nuclear material monitoring servers and the IAEA was restored,” Energoatom added in this statement published Saturday evening on Telegram.
Since the end of May, however, “all data for this period had been stored on secure servers and transferred to the IAEA immediately after the connection was restored (Friday),” the statement said.
“Donbass still stands”: Zelensky praises the resistance of Ukrainian troops
The Ukrainian president sent his traditional evening video message to his fellow citizens on Saturday evening.
Volodymyr gave an update on the situation on the Donbass front, exalting the resistance of the Ukrainian troops.
National symbols: Ukrainians flock to tattoo parlors
For eleven weeks, Kyiv tattoo artists have been regularly devoting voluntary work days for the benefit of the army.
And the formula works. The crowd is strong, Ukrainians flock to have various national symbols engraved on their skin.
Short of weapons, Ukraine awaits deliveries from its allies
The Ukrainian distress is more and more glaring on the front where the army lacks everything… starting with weapons.
Its hopes in this regard are increasingly based on the attenuated deliveries from its allies.
Integration of Ukraine into the European Union: Zelensky hopes that his country will win candidate status
For Ukraine, the status of candidate would be “a starting point”, with the key to a long process of negotiations and reforms, recognized Volodymyr Zelensky.
Nevertheless, he said on Saturday in his traditional evening video message, “we will work even more powerfully at all levels to get the right decision. It is very important for us”.
This presidential intervention came on the evening of a visit to kyiv by the President of the European Commission, Urusla von der Leyen. “Today’s discussions will allow us to finalize our assessment by the end of next week,” said the German, after a meeting with President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Severodonetsk, Lysychansk: fighting rages in the Donbass
The battle for the key city of Severodonetsk and its twin Lysytchansk looks increasingly violent.
“In order to discourage our troops, the enemy is pounding our positions and trying to win the battle with artillery fire,” the Ukrainian operational command of the southern region said overnight from Saturday to Sunday.
He said the Ukrainian Air Force had destroyed ammunition depots and equipment in three airstrikes in the past 24 hours, without indicating the location.
“Fierce street fighting continues in Severodonetsk,” President Zelensky said on Saturday evening, while pointing out the recapture by Ukrainian forces of localities such as Tavriyské in the Kherson region, and in that of Zaporizhia.
The Ukrainian general staff clarified on Sunday morning that the Russians were carrying out “unsuccessful” assaults against Severodonetsk, stressing that the Ukrainian soldiers had also repelled the army dispatched by the Kremlin near Vrubivka, Mykolaevka or Vasyivka.