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2022-10-24T10:08:18.715Z


The President of Ukraine mocked Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu's statement that Ukraine is planning to detonate a so-called "dirty" nuclear bomb.


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The UN calls for "urgent measures" to avoid delays in Black Sea grain ships

By Mariya Knight

A Maltese-flagged bulk carrier M/V Rojen carrying tons of corn leaves the Ukrainian port of Chornomorsk, before heading to Teesport, UK, on ​​August 5 (Photo: Oleksandr Gimanov/AFP/Getty Images)

The United Nations is calling for "urgent measures" to be taken to avoid delays to ships sailing under the Black Sea Grains Initiative, UN spokeswoman Ismini Palla told CNN on Sunday.

Ukrainian officials have charged that Moscow is intentionally holding back food shipments made under the agreement signed in July by Ukraine, Russia, Turkey and the UN.

"The United Nations convenes the parties on a daily basis and has urged full and good faith participation in the Initiative and the need to take additional urgent steps so that the supply chain is not interrupted and the Initiative continues to deliver more and much-needed food. the world," Palla said.

Palla confirmed that there are currently "more than 150 vessels waiting in and around Istanbul to move, and these delays have the potential to cause disruption to the supply chain and port operations."

He told CNN that the Joint Coordination Center (JCC) -- made up of representatives from Russia, Turkey, Ukraine and the UN -- has acknowledged the problem of delays and is discussing ways to resolve the backlog.

What the Russians say: In recent weeks, Russia has complained that part of the agreement that allows the export of its agricultural products and fertilizers is not being fulfilled.

Gennady Gatilov, Russia's ambassador to the UN in Geneva, said last week that Moscow could leave the deal, according to Reuters.

President Vladimir Putin later chimed in saying Russia would shut down export corridors if they are used to carry out "terrorist attacks".

8 mins ago

90% of Ukraine's wind power generation was destroyed in the war, says deputy foreign minister

By Jorge Engels, Dennis Lapin, Niamh Kennedy, Josh Pennington

A photo shows wind turbines in a wheat field near Kramatorsk in eastern Ukraine on July 18, 2022, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

(Photo by MIGUEL MEDINA / AFP) (Photo by MIGUEL MEDINA/AFP via Getty Images)

Russia's war in Ukraine has had a devastating impact on the country's renewable energy infrastructure, according to Ukraine's First Deputy Foreign Minister Emine Dzheppar.

Dzheppar tweeted on Sunday that 90% of Ukraine's wind power infrastructure and 40-50% of its solar power infrastructure have been destroyed.

"Russia continues to terrorize Ukrainians and will create an energy crisis in our country," Dzheppar said, calling on allied countries to help protect Ukrainian skies.

Solar and wind energy accounted for 7% of Ukraine's energy consumption in 2021, according to TEK, a Ukrainian energy trading company.

Ukraine's Ministry of Energy does not currently provide a breakdown of the country's energy consumption sources due to martial law restrictions.

Ukrainian officials believe Russian drone and cruise missile attacks across the country are being carefully orchestrated to target important infrastructure as Ukraine approaches winter.

By attacking thermal power plants, electrical substations, transformers and pipelines, Russian forces have directly affected the ability of Ukrainians to access energy, water and the Internet.

On Saturday alone, more than 1.5 million Ukrainian energy subscribers were left without power, according to Deputy Head of the President's Office Kyrylo Tymoshenko.

9 mins ago

Zelensky rejects Russian claims that Ukraine plans to detonate a dirty bomb

By Mariya Knight

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky.

During his late-night speech on Sunday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky mocked claims made by Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu to Western defense officials earlier in the day that Ukraine is planning to blow up a so-called "dirty" nuclear bomb.

Zelensky said Shoigu had called defense ministers from the United States, Britain, France and Turkey on a telephone "carousel" to say that Ukraine was planning to detonate a weapon combining conventional explosives and uranium.

"Everybody understands it well, understands who is the origin of everything dirty that can be imagined in this war," Zelensky said.

"And there is only one individual who can use nuclear weapons in our part of Europe, and this person is the one who ordered Comrade Shoigu to call somewhere."

Zelensky also accused Russia of planning a false flag operation.

"If Russia calls and says that Ukraine is supposedly preparing something, it only means one thing: Russia has already prepared all this," he said.

Zelensky called on the world "to react in the strongest possible way" against Russian threats.

12 mins ago

US official says Russia's alleged fears of Ukraine using a dirty bomb are 'clearly false'

By Barbara Starr, Natasha Bertrand

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu appears on television in Moscow, Russia, on September 21.

(Photo: Russian Defense Ministry Press Service/AP)

Russia's defense minister accused the Ukrainians of plotting to use an alleged dirty bomb, a claim that was strongly refuted by US officials on Sunday as a Russian false-flag operation.

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu's accusation came during a phone call with US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Sunday, the second call in three days between the two top officials.

The Russian Defense Ministry said the two discussed the situation in Ukraine, but gave no further details.

It was Shoigu who initiated the phone call to Austin, according to a senior US administration official.

A second official familiar with the conversation said Shoigu made the claim about the intended use of a dirty bomb, a weapon that combines conventional explosives and uranium.

That claim, which the Kremlin has amplified in recent days, has been vigorously refuted by the US, Ukraine and the UK as a Russian false flag operation.

Shoigu has also made similar comments to his French and British counterparts.

"We reject reports of Minister Shoigu's transparently false accusations that Ukraine is preparing to use a dirty bomb on its own territory," National Security Council spokeswoman Adrienne Watson said in a statement to CNN.

"The world would see through any attempt to use this allegation as a pretext for escalation."

The United States is also closely monitoring any information that Russia has a specific plan to blow up a major dam near Kherson, where Russia has ordered the evacuation of citizens, the official said.

Joint statement:

Later this Sunday, the US State Department issued a joint statement with the foreign ministers of France and the United Kingdom, also calling Shoigu's accusations false and reiterating his unified support for the territorial sovereignty of Ukraine.

On Friday, Austin called Shoigu, the first call between the two in several months.

Before Friday, the two had not spoken since May.

CNN's Jonny Hallam and Kylie Atwood contributed reporting.

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Source: cnnespanol

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