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A Russian soldier near the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant
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Critical TV journalist targeted by Russian authorities
9.21 a.m .:
The TV journalist Marina Owsjannikova, who became known through a protest action on Russian television, is increasingly being targeted by the Russian authorities.
As Ovsyannikova's lawyer reports on the Telegram news service, his client's house was searched and criminal investigations were launched against Ovsyannikova.
The background is Russian laws that make it a punishable offense to spread false reports about the Russian army.
In March, during a live news broadcast on the state TV channel Kanal One, the journalist stood behind the presenter with a poster calling for the end of the war and warning against propaganda.
Since then, the Ukrainian-born woman has been temporarily arrested and fined for her continued criticism of Russia's actions in Ukraine.
Great Britain: Russia forms new large unit for operation in Ukraine
8.38 a.m .:
According to Great Britain, Russia has most likely formed a new large association of ground forces for the war in Ukraine.
The British Defense Ministry, citing its intelligence services, reports that the 3rd Army Corps is stationed near the town of Mulino, east of the capital Moscow.
Eleven dead in Russian missile attacks in southern Ukraine
8.31 a.m .:
According to official information, at least eleven people were killed by night rocket fire in the Ukrainian region of Dnipropetrovsk.
"A tragic night ... In the Nikopol district, the Russian army killed 11 people and wounded 13," wrote the head of the military administration of the Dnepropetrovsk region, Valentyn Reznichenko, on his Telegram channel.
The two hit towns are opposite the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, which was hit several times recently - on the other bank of the Dnipro River, which was formed here into a reservoir.
The small town of Marhanez was hit the hardest.
In the city, 20 multi-storey buildings were damaged by the rocket fire, including the Palace of Culture, two schools and a dormitory.
Ten people were killed in the city and eleven others injured, seven of them seriously, Resnichenko said.
In a village not far from the city of Nikopol, another woman died in the attack in her house and a couple was injured
Russia: Zaporizhia nuclear power plant to be discussed in the UN Security Council
6.52 a.m .:
The Security Council of the United Nations should now also deal with the situation in the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant at Russia’s insistence.
The government in Moscow asked the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, to inform the UN Security Council on Thursday about "attacks by the Ukrainian armed forces on the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant and their possible catastrophic consequences," according to diplomatic sources.
IAEA technicians are to check the condition of Europe's largest nuclear power plant.
Ukraine had already demanded an inspection of the facility occupied by Russian soldiers on Monday.
Ukraine: Russia wants to connect occupied nuclear plant to Crimea
6.20 a.m .:
According to Ukrainian information, Russia wants to connect the occupied Ukrainian nuclear power plant Zaporizhia to the annexed Crimean peninsula.
The president of the Ukrainian nuclear power plant operator Energoatom, Petro Kotin, said that the Russian soldiers at the nuclear power plant would implement a plan by the Russian nuclear company Rosatom to connect the nuclear power plant "to the Crimean power grid".
"To do this, the power lines of the nuclear power plant, which are connected to the Ukrainian energy system, must first be damaged," Kotin said on Ukrainian television.
“Between August 7th and 9th the Russians already damaged three power lines.
Currently the plant runs with a single production line, which is an extremely dangerous mode of work.«
As soon as the last line is cut, the nuclear power plant will depend on diesel generators, said the Energoatom boss.
"Then everything will depend on their reliability and fuel reserves."
Ukraine denies responsibility for explosions in Crimea
5:05 am:
Who is responsible for the detonations at a Russian air base in Crimea?
There are different statements from Russia and Ukraine.
A newspaper brings another variant into play.
Read more here.
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