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Kiev head of parliament sees German change of course towards Russia
6:24 a.m .:
The President of the Ukrainian Parliament Ruslan Stefantschuk sees a change of course in Germany towards Russia and has acknowledged it.
It is important to Ukraine that Russia is no longer a country for Germany with which one maintains normal economic relations and does business, Stefantschuk told the editorial network Germany (RND).
»Germany helped us a lot by changing its position towards Russia.«
Ukrainian brigadier general: Russia has doubled the number of airstrikes
6:10 a.m .:
According to a Ukrainian brigadier general, Russia has doubled the number of airstrikes on military positions and civilian infrastructure in Ukraine compared to the previous week.
"The enemy's planes and helicopters avoid flying within range of our air defenses, and therefore the accuracy of these attacks is low," Ukrainian Brigadier General Oleksiy Hromov told a press conference.
IAEA chief is pushing for access to the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant
5:55 a.m .:
At an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, demanded immediate access to the Ukrainian Zaporizhia nuclear power plant.
"This is a difficult hour, a serious hour, and the IAEA must be able to carry out its mission in Zaporizhia as quickly as possible," said Grossi, who was connected via video.
"Time is running out."
US Representative Bonnie Jenkins said an IAEA mission "can't wait any longer."
But the "solution" to the problems with the nuclear power plant would be simple: "The United States is calling on the Russian Federation to immediately withdraw its troops from Ukrainian territory." This would allow Ukraine to restore security at the Zaporizhia NPP, which is there " for decades«.
For days there have been reports of heavy shelling from the area around the Russian-occupied nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine, and there were also rocket attacks on Thursday.
Russia and Ukraine blame each other.
The attacks raise fears of a catastrophe at Europe's largest nuclear power plant.
Zelenskyj: No more talking about tactics against Russia
5:30 a.m.:
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has ordered Ukrainian officials to stop speaking to reporters about Kiev's military tactics against Russia.
Such statements are "frankly irresponsible".
After the blasts that destroyed a Russian airbase in Crimea on Tuesday, the New York Times and Washington Post newspapers quoted unidentified officials as saying Ukrainian forces were responsible.
The government in Kyiv, on the other hand, declined to say whether it was behind the blasts.
“War is definitely not the time for vanity and loud declarations.
The fewer details you give about our defense plans, the better for the implementation of those defense plans,” Zelenskyy said in an evening address.
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