2023-07-04 23:59:41
Ukraine accuses Russia of preparing fake Ukrainian bombings on the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant.
About 200 people, relatives, but also writers and journalists, paid tribute to Victoria Amelina during a ceremony at Saint Michael’s Cathedral in Kiev (Ukraine), Tuesday, July 4. This writer who traveled the country to document the war crimes committed by the Russian army died Saturday in a hospital in Dnipro, after being seriously injured on June 27 during the bombardment of a restaurant in Kramatorsk, which kills 13 in total. The announcement of his death caused a wave of emotion in the country. Victoria Amelina, 37, is to be buried in Lviv on Wednesday. Here is the other information to remember from this day.
Ukraine accuses Russia of preparing a “provocation” in Zaporizhia
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he warned his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron during a telephone conversation that the Russians “prepared dangerous provocations” in the largest nuclear power plant in Europe, which they have occupied since March 2022. “We have agreed to control the situation as much as possible, with the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency)”, he added. The French president, for his part, recalled his “full support” to the Director of the IAEA regarding plant security. The Ukrainian president reiterated his accusation on Twitter in the evening.
Earlier, the Ukrainian General Staff had already accused the Russian army of preparing a “provocation” In “near future”. He asserts that “objects similar to explosive devices were placed on the outer roof of reactors 3 and 4”. “Their denotation should not damage the generators, but give the impression of shelling from the Ukrainian side”the army continued, warning that Moscow “will misinformation about it”.
At the same time, in Moscow, an adviser to the Russian nuclear giant Rosatom, Renat Karchaa, accused kyiv of preparing a “offensive” from power stations. “Today we received information that I am authorized to reveal. On July 5, during the night, in complete darkness, the Ukrainian army will try to attack the nuclear power plant in Zaporizhia”, he told Russian television. He assures that kyiv has planned to use “long-range precision weapons” and drones.
Russian strikes claim new victims
Two people were killed in the Kherson region by Russian artillery shelling, Governor Oleksandr Prokudin announced on Telegram. In the Kharkiv region, a Russian strike using an Iskander missile left at least 40 injured, including 12 children, according to a report announced by Volodymyr Zelensky. Three people were also injured in the Donetsk region and three others in the Chernihiv region, according to local authorities. The toll of the Russian drone strike that hit an apartment building in Sumy, in the northeast, on Monday increased to three dead and 21 injured.
Moscow says it repelled Ukrainian drones
Russia has announced that it has shot down five drones over the Moscow region, in areas that have only been targeted a few times since the start of the offensive in Ukraine. According to the Russian Defense Ministry, four drones were destroyed by anti-aircraft defense near the capital and the fifth was neutralized by “electronic warfare means”, before crashing in the Moscow region. The attack caused no casualties or damage, the ministry said. However, it disrupted the operation of Vnukovo airport, one of Moscow’s three major international airports, for three hours.
“These attacks would not be possible without the assistance provided to the Kiev regime by the United States and its NATO allies”, accused the Russian Foreign Ministry. The Westerners “train drone operators and provide the intelligence necessary to commit such crimes”, he added. After the attack, the spokeswoman for Russian diplomacy Maria Zakharova had denounced on Telegram a “terrorist act”.
NATO boss reappointed
In office since 2014, the Norwegian Jens Stoltenberg was reappointed as Secretary General of NATO, during a meeting of ambassadors from the 31 member countries of the alliance. He will remain in office until October 1, 2024. If names had circulated to replace him, no personality had finally declared himself a candidate. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, whose country is a candidate for NATO membership, has “thanked Jens Stoltenberg for his personal efforts to support Ukraine’s Euro-Atlantic aspirations” in a phone interview, he said. The alliance meets for a summit in Vilnius (Lithuania) on July 11 and 12.
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