Ukraine has launched a counter-offensive in the Kherson region
in the south of the country as cross-accusations continue regarding threatened military attacks around the plant and in Zaporozhzhia.
Ukrainian forces are firing "very close" to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant and the shots have reached the roof of a facility.
This was reported by the Russian forces that control the area of the plant, cited by Interfax
Ukraine: Zaporizhzhia under attack waiting for the IAEA
According to reports, the 109th regiment of the self-proclaimed republic of Donetsk (DPR) of the Russian invasion forces withdrew from its defense positions in the Kherson region, while a Russian air assault unit that was to support the regiment fled the battlefield, according to Ukrinform.
ANSA agency
Kiev announces a counter-offensive on the southern front in Kherson - Europe
Military command: 'Pro-Russian forces in retreat in the region' (ANSA)
Meanwhile, the
rebound of accusations
on the largest nuclear power plant in Europe continues.
Russian forces in the afternoon reported that
Ukrainian forces are firing "very close" to the Zaporizhzhia power plant
and the shots have reached the roof of a facility.
ANSA agency
Ukraine: Russian bombs touch Zaporizhzhia, 10 injured - World
Mayor Enerhodar, this is how Moscow 'elaborates' scenario for Aiea visit (ANSA)
AIEA TEAM IN ZAPORIZHZHIA IN THE WEEK
A mission from the International Atomic Energy Agency (Aiea) will arrive at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant by the end of this week.
This was announced by the director general of the same Aiea, Rafael Grossi
"The day has arrived - wrote Grossi on Twitter -. The Support and Assistance Mission in Zaporizhzhya (Isamz) is coming.
We must protect the safety of the largest nuclear plant in the 'Ukraine and Europe ".
Grossi said he was "proud to lead this mission, which will arrive at the Zaporizhzhia (Znpp) nuclear power plant later this week," and posted a photo of the mission's 13-person group wearing an IAEA uniform.
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IAEA inspectors ready for mission to Zaporizhzhia - Photo of the day
Expected within this week at the central (ANSA)
The situation in the Ukrainian power plant of Zaporizhzhia, in the hands of the Russian invasion forces, has been at the center of tensions between Moscow and Kiev for days.
"The Kiev regime is carrying out nuclear terrorism on the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant"
, said yesterday the spokeswoman of the Russian Foreign Minister, Maria Zakharova, specifying that nuclear terrorism "can be done not only by those who possess nuclear weapons or dirty bombs. but also in the way we see now ".
The spokeswoman stressed that Russia "hopes that the visit of the IAEA inspectors to the nuclear power plant will finally take place, despite the destructive influence of Kiev".
Kuleba: 'The IAEA mission is the most difficult in its history'
Meanwhile, loud explosions and gunshots were also heard in Melitopol, temporarily occupied by Russian forces.
This was reported by Mayor Ivan Fedorov.
"Right now, we hear enemy gunfire and explosions in the northern part of Melitopol near Vocational School No. 24. They are so loud that they can be heard even in the neighboring villages of Tambovka and Myrne," he wrote.
ANSA agency
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VON DER LEYEN, UKRAINE MUST WIN THE WAR, NOT PUTIN
"Earlier this year, Russia and China openly declared an 'unlimited partnership'. And just a few weeks later Russia launched its war against Ukraine. The message couldn't be more explicit. fundamental principles, such as self-determination and the inviolability of borders, Putin cannot win this war: Ukraine must win this war ".
This was stated by the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen speaking at the Strategic Forum in Bled, Slovenia, which this year meets under the theme 'The Rule of Power or the Power of Rules?'.
ANSA agency
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(HANDLE)