Breakthrough in Ukraine-Russia talks?
Kyiv is asking Switzerland to mediate
Created: 08/11/2022Updated: 08/11/2022 06:20
By: Andreas Schmid
In the Ukraine war, there is daily news about the negotiations between Russia and Ukraine.
All the latest news and updates can be found in this news ticker.
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: Power lines will be cut when nuclear power plants are connected to Crimea.
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Update from August 11, 6:17 a.m
.: The United Nations Security Council in New York will deal with the tense situation in the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant occupied by Russian troops this Thursday.
For Ukraine it is the 169th day since the beginning of the Russian invasion.
Negotiations with Moscow: Kyiv asks Switzerland to mediate
Update from August 10, 10:20 p.m .:
The diplomatic relations between Ukraine and Russia, which have been put on hold, may now be resumed through Switzerland as an intermediary.
"Negotiations on the extent to which Switzerland can represent Ukraine in Moscow are complete," a spokeswoman for the Swiss Foreign Ministry told AFP.
However, Russia's approval is still pending.
According to the Swiss Foreign Ministry, Ukraine can imagine a so-called protecting power mandate.
This would allow Russia and Ukraine to "maintain low-level relations."
Since the 19th century, Switzerland has been a regular mediator between countries that have broken off diplomatic relations with one another.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy in 2020 with then Swiss President Simonetta Sommaruga.
© Pavlo Bagmut/Imago (archive photo)
Ukraine warns Russia: Power lines will be cut when nuclear power plants are connected to Crimea
First report from August 10, 8:05 p.m.:
Enerhodar - "I think our armed forces will be ready if necessary," announced the head of the state nuclear power plant operator Enerhoatom, Petro Kotin, on Wednesday (August 10) of the agency RBK- Ukraine on.
"In addition" means cutting the power lines of the Ukrainian nuclear power plant (NPP) Zaporizhia.
Should Russia disconnect the nuclear power plant from the Ukrainian grid and connect it to the Russian-annexed Crimean Peninsula, Ukraine would be prepared to end the power supply.
War in Ukraine: Ukraine warns Russia against nuclear power plant connection to Crimea
As Kotin points out, Russia has long harbored the intention of connecting the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant to Crimea.
"To do this, the power plant must be completely disconnected from the Ukrainian energy system and connected to the line that connects Crimea to the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant," explained the 61-year-old.
In this case, Kotin continues, the power lines will be shot at.
If the power plant failed, the power supply for the entire Russian-occupied south would be at risk.
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In March 2022, Russia managed to seize the largest European nuclear power plant, Zaporizhia.
Since then, there have been many calls for the Russian troops to be withdrawn from the nuclear power plant and for the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to make it unrestrictedly accessible.
The Zaporizhia nuclear power plant is located in an area under Russian military control in south-eastern Ukraine.
(Archive image) © Russian Defense Ministry/AP/dpa
"Russia is breaking all international requirements for the safe operation of nuclear power plants and is deliberately using the risk of a nuclear meltdown as a means of pressure," criticized MdB Jürgen Trittin and Robin Wagener (Bündnis 90/Die Grünen) at the time, which made it clear that "nuclear power plants do not offer security in the event of war, but instead multiply the risks for the population.”
Kotin also said that Ukrainian troops would shell power lines if Russia connected the nuclear power plant to its grid.
If the power plant failed, the power supply for the entire Russian-occupied south would be at risk.
