Russian President Vladimir Putin will not go to the 77th session of the UN General Assembly in September and has no plans to participate even via video link.
He told the Russian news agency Tass Dmitry Peskov, spokesman for the Kremlin.
"No. The trip and the speech are not planned", he specified.
The Russian delegation to the UN General Assembly will be led by Foreign Minister Sergej Lavrov.
The Zaporizhzhia power plant. Exchange of accusations between Moscow and Kiev on the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. Russia
today accused Ukrainian forces of being responsible for the bombing of the largest Ukrainian and European nuclear power plant - that of Zaporizhzhia -
and warned of "catastrophic consequences" for Europe.
The bombing of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant site "by the Ukrainian armed forces" is "potentially extremely dangerous" and "could have catastrophic consequences for a large area, including European territory," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.
Kiev, for its part, accuses the Russian army of having hit the facilities of the plant.
The Kremlin spokesman, Dmitri Peskov,
Western countries that "have influence" on Kiev should press to avoid bombing of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.
The Russian news agencies Tass and Interfax report it.
Russia and Ukraine accuse each other of attacks in the area of the nuclear power plant.
But Kiev is not there and accuses Russia
. According
to the Ukrainian nuclear agency Energoatom, Russian forces have said they are ready to blow up the nuclear power plant in Zaporizhzhia
.
This was stated by the press service of the company with a post on Telegram quoted by Ukrinform.
According to Energoatom, the head of the Russian Federation's radiation defense troops, Major Valeriy Vasiliev, who commands the garrison of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, declared that the plant area "will be Russian land or a burnt desert".
"As you know, we have undermined all the important structures of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant - Vasiliev told his soldiers - we do not hide it from the enemy. We have warned them. They know that the power plant will be Russian or anyone's. We are ready to face the consequences of this step. And you, soldier-liberators must understand that we have no other way. And if there is the most severe order, we must carry it out with honor. "
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Guterres: 'Stop suicide attacks on nuclear power plants'
The UN secretary general,
Antonio Guterres
, asked, in a press conference in Tokyo, to
suspend all "suicidal" military operations at nuclear power plants and in particular around that of Zaporizhia , in Ukraine
, so that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) can access it.
"Any attack on nuclear power plants is suicidal," he said.
"I hope that these attacks will end. At the same time, I hope that the IAEA will have access to the Zaporizhzhia power plant", the largest in Europe, the scene of bombings since last Friday which the Russian and Ukrainian belligerents have accused each other of.
Guterres also fears that the events taking place in Ukraine could turn into a protracted conflict.
The UN secretary general said he was "very concerned" about the possibility of a "protracted" conflict, "which is causing enormous suffering and is having a very negative impact on the global economy."
"The difficult thing for a ceasefire comes from the simple fact that" it is not possible to reconcile the positions "
Ship with grain arrived in Turkey
The ship loaded with 12 thousand tons of Polarnet grain, which left the port of Odessa on 5 August, arrived at the port of Derince in Turkey.
This was announced by Anadolu.
She is the first boat to reach its final destination among those that left last week to export cereals from Ukraine as part of the agreement between Ankara, Moscow, Kiev and the UN.
"More ships will arrive at destination ports in the coming days. It is a positive sign for world markets and a perfect example of how the Black Sea Grain Initiative works thanks to the support of Turkey and the United Nations," he wrote on Twitter. Ukrainian Minister for Infrastructure Oleksandr Kubrakov commenting on the ship's arrival in the port of Derince.
Kiev, 5 dead yesterday in the Donetsk region
Five people died and another 17 were injured yesterday following the Russian attacks in the Donetskl region, in eastern Ucaina.
This was announced by the governor of the region, Pavlo Kyrylenko, according to reports from the Kyiv Independent.
One civilian was killed in Bakhmut, two in Soledar, another in Mariinka and a fifth in Selydove.
Also according to Kyrylenko, since the beginning of the invasion at least 700 civilians have lost their lives in Ukraine and another 1,798 have been injured.
Medvedev: 'Moscow will seek peace on its terms'
Russia will seek peace with Ukraine but only on its terms: said the vice president of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, Dmitry Medvedev, quoted by Tass.
"Russia is conducting a special military operation in Ukraine and is trying to establish peace on its own terms, exactly on our terms, this must be said openly, and not on the terms that our former international partners, who are looking forward to it. see the military defeat of Russia, they try to impose on us, "he stressed.
Inspection today in Turkey for ships departed from Ukraine yesterday
The four ships with Ukrainian food products, including one bound for Italy, departed yesterday from Ukrainian ports of the Black Sea will arrive this evening in Istanbul to be "inspected": the ministry of Turkish defense, according to Tass reports.
As is known, the ship bound for Italy, in Monopoli, is the MV Mustafa Necati, which transports 6 thousand tons of sunflower oil.
The other three are Mv Glory, bound for Istanbul with 66,000 tons of wheat, Mv Star Helena, bound for Nantong / Machong (China) with 45,000 tons of flour and Mv Riva Wind, bound for Iskenderun (Turkey) with 44,000 tons of grain.
