Nord Stream suspends gas supplies for 3 days. Yes of Putin to the Aiea mission in Zaporizhzhia

supplies

through the

will be

for "maintenance".

This was announced by the Russian company Gazprom.

The

ripped from Amsterdam until it reached a maximum of 262.78 euros per megawatt hour (+ 9.04%) while on the end of the session the news fell that Gazprom will close supplies from Nord Stream for three days, flows are already reduced to 20% of the pipeline capacity.

The closing price then settled at € 244.55, after beating a last price of € 257.4 (+ 6.8%).

A trend that suggests, at the reopening of the markets on Monday, new rises for the reference index of the European gas price.

YES OF PUTIN TO THE IAEA MISSION IN ZAPORIZHZHIA

The

confirmed that the Russian president,

, has given his agreement - in a phone call with the head of the Elysée,

- to the deployment of an

at the

Ukrainian

.

It is learned from the presidency of the French Republic.

The Russian president, during the phone call with the French leader, warned that the bombing of the

- which the Russians blame in Kiev - pose the risk of a "

".

This was announced by the

, quoted by Tass.

POSSIBLE MEETING BETWEEN XI JINPING AND VLADIMIR PUTIN 

Chinese President

could meet Putin in mid-September on the sidelines of a Central Asian regional summit.

The Wall Street Journal reports this, citing some sources, according to which Xi would have started to evaluate the trip after the visit of the Speaker of the House

to Taiwan.

ANSA agency

President of Indonesia, Xi and Putin at the G20 summit - Asia

"Xi Jinping will come. Putin also told me he will be there", said the Indonesian leader (ANSA)

 THE RUSSIANS ARE READY TO STOP ZAPORZHZHIA CENTRAL.

UN: 'DO NOT TAKE OFF'

UN chief

asks Moscow

from the Ukrainian network after the Kiev alarm in this regard.

"Obviously the electricity in Zaporizhzhia is Ukrainian. This principle must be fully respected," said the UN secretary general during a visit to the port of Odessa in southern Ukraine.

UN: 'Moscow does not disconnect Zaporizhzhia from the Ukrainian network'

The Ukrainian state nuclear company

has in fact declared that Russian forces are planning to shut down the power blocks of the

Zaporizhzhi

and to disconnect them from the Ukrainian electricity grid.

The Ukrinform website reports it.

"We have information that the Russian occupation forces are planning to shut down the power blocks of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant and disconnect them from the Ukrainian electricity grid. The

is currently looking for

for the diesel generators that should be turned on .

"after the stop, to power the cooling systems.

Ukrainian intelligence also received new confirmation of reports of Russian preparations for a "large-scale provocation".

US: "RUSSIA DESPIRES NUCLEAR SAFETY"

The

is "aware of reports that the Russian military abused" the personnel of the Ukrainian nuclear power plant in Zaporizhzhia.

This was stated by the spokesman for the US State Department,

, condemning "Russia's reckless contempt for

".

The State Department reiterated the need for officials of the IAEA, the International Atomic Energy Agency, to be guaranteed access to the plant as soon as possible.

A CNN VIDEO SHOWS RUSSIAN MILITARY VEHICLES IN THE ZAPORIZHZHIA CENTRAL

A new video circulating online shows the presence of Russian military vehicles parked inside the turbine hall connected to one of the reactors of the Ukrainian nuclear power plant of Zaporizhizia, occupied by Moscow troops and at the center of international attention due to the fear of catastrophic accidents: CNN writes it, adding that it has geolocated and authenticated the video.

However, it is not clear when the images were shot.

In them - CNN writes - you can see two rows of Russian military trucks, of which at least five are visible, one of which with the symbol "

"painted on the hood, parked in the turbine room about 130 meters from the corresponding nuclear reactor, one of the six at the plant. Also visible is something that looks like a tent and some pallets of different sizes of which, CNN writes, the purpose is not clear .

Moscow has so far said that the military equipment present in the plant concerns only the guard service

and yesterday the Russian Defense Ministry said that satellite images clearly show that in the plant "there are no weapons, especially heavy ones".

Ukraine, on the other hand, accuses the Russian army of firing from inside the plant, making it a shield - accusations, these rejected by Russia - and also of mistreating the Ukrainian personnel assigned to the operation of the nuclear plant, the largest in Europe, which in days it should be visited by experts from the IAEA, the UN agency for nuclear energy.