The G7 in support of Ukraine
Ukraine can count on the increased support of its Western allies to face the winter, assure the members of the G7 who want to prevent Russia from “starving” the country and plunging its population “into darkness” and the cold.
Zelensky rejoices
Reacting to the assertions of the IAEA (see the previous post), the Ukrainian president writes in his daily message published in particular on Facebook that “the only thing dirty now are the heads of those in Moscow who have unfortunately taken control of the Russian state and terrorize Ukraine and the whole world”.
The IAEA has so far found “no signs of undeclared nuclear activities” in Ukraine
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said Thursday that it had not detected at this stage “no sign of undeclared nuclear activities” in three places inspected at the request of kyiv, accused by Moscow of having erased the evidence of the preparation of a “dirty bomb”.
“Our technical and scientific assessment of the results we have so far has shown no signs of nuclear activity or undeclared material at these three locations,” IAEA chief Rafael Grossi said in a statement. .
4.5 million consumers without electricity
The Russians continue to engage in “energy terror”, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky denounced Thursday evening. “Tonight alone, around 4.5 million consumers have been temporarily disconnected” in Kyiv and ten other regions across the country, he said. The Russians “cannot defeat Ukraine on the battlefield, that’s why they are trying to break our people”.
NATO slams Iran’s delivery of drones to Russia
Faced with the resurgence of Russian strikes and the use of Shahed drones, NATO reaffirmed its support for Ukraine on Thursday.
“We see Iran offering drones and considering ballistic missile deliveries to Russia. This is unacceptable. No country should support Moscow in this illegitimate war,” NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said from Istanbul.
He accused Russia of “cruelly and deliberately depriving Ukrainians of heat, water and electricity on the threshold of winter”.