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The risks around the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine, where Moscow and kyiv have accused each other of bombings for more than a week, “are increasing every day”, Dmytro Orlov, the mayor of the city, said by telephone. 'Energodar, where the plant is located.
A first UN cargo ship is ready to leave Ukraine with cereals.
"The ship will head for Africa, with Ethiopia being the last country where the cargo of 23,000 tonnes of wheat will be delivered."
“In the region of Kherson, the first major city to fall on March 3, Ukraine claimed to have virtually isolated the Russian troops deployed on the west bank of the Dnieper by bombardments which rendered the three bridges in the area impassable.
In Donetsk, one of the two regions of the Donbass coal basin, where Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky ordered the evacuation of the population on July 30, "particularly intense fighting was concentrated in the village of Pisky, near the site of the 'Donetsk Airport', according to the UK Ministry of Defence.
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Renewed Russian push in the East
“The Russian assault is probably aimed at controlling the M04 highway, the main access to Donetsk from the west,” said the British Ministry of Defense.
“Since August 11, Russian forces have increased the number of their ground attacks in the Siversk area,” observes the American Institute for the Study of War (ISW), seeing it as a possible attempt to force Ukraine to commit more forces and equipment there and thus divert it from possible increased counter-attacks in the South.
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Russian supplies threatened in the South
In the region of Kherson, the first major city to fall on March 3, Ukraine has made the bridges impassable.
"The only means of crossing the river for the occupier are pontoons near the Antonivsky bridge, but they will not be able to fully meet their equipment and ammunition needs", declared a regional deputy, Serguiï Khlan.
"If Ukrainian forces have crippled these three bridges and can prevent the Russians from restoring any of them to working order for an extended period of time, then Russian forces on the west bank of the Dnieper will likely lose the ability to defend themselves even against limited Ukrainian counter-attacks”, analyzes the American Institute for the Study of War (ISW).
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Iran: the main car manufacturer wants to re-export to Russia
The main Iranian automaker, Iran Khodro, announced on Sunday its willingness to re-export its production for the first time in years to the Russian market, also hit by Western sanctions, its CEO, Mehdi Khatibi, said on Sunday.
"We are going to pay particular attention to the Russian market and start exporting to Russia this year," Khatibi announced at a presentation ceremony west of Tehran of the Rira, a new crossover car whose production will start in 2019. next year.
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