- “Today was one of the most massive bombings of our territory by the Russian Federation”, Ukrainian presidential adviser Oleksiy Arestovych said on Monday. He asserted, however, that “the destruction is not as critical as it could have been” through air defense systems.
- In kyiv, where at least five explosions were heard Monday by AFP journalists, “80% of consumers in the capital” are deprived of watersaid Mayor Vitali Klitscho, adding that “350,000 homes were without electricity”.
- According to the Prime Minister, Denys Chmyhal, “missiles and drones hit ten regions, damaging eighteen facilities, most of them related [au système] energy ». “Hundreds of localities” find themselves without electricity “in seven regions” Ukrainianhe added.
- On Monday, the Kremlin warned that it would be ” dangerous “ et « difficile » to continue to implement the Ukrainian grain agreement without Moscow. The Russian army demanded « engagements » Ukraine not to use the grain export corridor for military purposes. A request that “resembles either collective punishment or collective extortion”, according to US State Department spokesman Ned Price.
- However, two cargo ships loaded with grain left Ukrainian ports on Monday. and traveled through the Humanitarian Maritime Corridor to Turkey. Twelve ships were due to leave Ukrainian ports during the day and four others to head towards them, said the Joint Coordination Center, responsible for overseeing the agreement on Ukrainian grain exports via the Black Sea.
- The International Atomic Energy Agency has announced that it has started its inspections in Ukraine – « verification of the activities of two sites” –requested by this country after President Putin accused him of erasing evidence of the preparation of a “his bombs”. On Monday evening, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in turn rejected Russia’s accusations on this subject.
- The IAEA also announced that the main electricity supply to one of the reactors of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, occupied by Russian forces, had been cut off after a mine explosion.
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