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6 mins ago
CIA director met with his Russian counterpart to manage nuclear risks, according to a US diplomat
By Alex Stambaugh, Josh Pennington
The United States and Russia have ways of managing nuclear risks through inter-intelligence talks, a senior US diplomat told Russian state news agency RIA Novosti in a video posted Monday.
The comments by Elizabeth Rood, Chargé d'Affaires at the US Embassy in Moscow, come after CIA Director Bill Burns met with his Russian intelligence counterpart Sergey Naryshkin in Turkey earlier this year. month.
"The United States has channels to manage risks with the Russian Federation, particularly nuclear risks, and that was the goal of CIA Director Burns's meeting with his Russian counterpart," Rood said.
"Director Burns did not negotiate anything and did not talk about a solution to the conflict in Ukraine."
The Biden administration has sent Burns on several occasions over the past year to hold talks with the Russians, using the veteran diplomat and former US ambassador to Russia as a key go-between as US-Venezuelan relations continue. and Russia have continued to decline.
US prisoners: In a second video released by the RIA, Rood said Washington is still talking to Moscow about the release of Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan, two US citizens imprisoned in Russia.
"The United States, as we have said, has put an important proposal on the table. We have followed that proposal and have proposed alternatives," he said.
"Unfortunately, until now, the Russian Federation has not given a serious response to those proposals."
CNN's Natasha Bertrand contributed to this article.
9 mins ago
Russian shelling strikes Dnipropetrovsk region overnight
By Josh Pennington
Valentyn Reznichenko during a visit in Dnipro on July 8 (Photo: Abaca/ZUMA Press)
Russian shelling hit the central Dnipropetrovsk region of Ukraine overnight, a local Ukrainian official said Monday.
Valentyn Reznichenko, head of the Dnipropetrovsk regional military administration, said in a Telegram message that there were no casualties, but that three communities near the city of Nikopol were hit by heavy artillery.
"More than 30 shells landed in residential areas," Reznichenko said, adding that the details of the attacks were being investigated.
A bit of context
: Nikopol is located across the river from the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, which has been occupied by Russian forces since March.
On Sunday, the head of Ukraine's nuclear power supplier said the company had received information that the Russians were preparing to abandon the plant.
The International Atomic Energy Agency has not released any information to support Energoatom chief Petro Kotin's statement, and CNN has contacted the UN nuclear watchdog for comment.
11 minutes ago
32,000 civilian targets have been damaged by Russian shelling since the start of the war, according to a Ukrainian official
By Mariya Knight
A view of the grounds and school destroyed in a rocket attack on the outskirts of Kramatorsk, in the Donetsk region, on July 25, 2022. (Photo by BULENT KILIC/AFP via Getty Images)
Russian strikes in Ukraine have damaged around 32,000 civilian targets and more than 700 critical infrastructure facilities since the invasion began in February, a Ukrainian government official said Sunday.
"As one would expect from terrorists, the Russians attack civilian targets. To date, some 32,000 such targets have been damaged by Russian missiles and shells. These are mainly private houses or civilian apartment buildings," Yevhenii Yenin said, a Ukrainian diplomat, in an interview with the Ukrainian media this Sunday.
"Only 3% of the registered attacks have been against military installations," he added.
"So far, more than 700 critical infrastructure facilities — airfields, bridges, oil depots, power substations, etc. — have been attacked," Jenin said.
The diplomat said Moscow has "a maniacal desire to plunge Ukraine into darkness, and there is no reason to believe it will stop."
Russia has repeatedly attacked Ukraine's civilian infrastructure, causing widespread power cuts ahead of winter.
CNN has not independently verified the specific figures cited by Jenin.
12 mins ago
Russia may be preparing to abandon Zaporizhia nuclear plant
View of the Zaporizhia Nuclear Power Plant on November 24.
(Photo: Alexander Ermochenko/Reuters)
Russia may be preparing to abandon the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, the head of Ukraine's nuclear agency told local media on Sunday.
Zaporizhia is home to Europe's largest nuclear power facility and has been under Russian control since March.
The persistent bombardments have raised fears of a nuclear accident due to the interruption of the power supply to the plant.
On the other hand, Russian mothers launched a petition to demand the departure of Moscow troops from Ukraine on Mother's Day in Russia.
This has been, month by month, the war in Ukraine: data and chronology on the Russian invasion
"The so-called 'special military operation' has been going on for nine months, bringing destruction, pain, blood and tears," reads the petition, posted on Change.org, which had more than 1,500 signatures as of 5:45 p.m.
Moscow time (9:45 am Miami time) this Sunday.
Meanwhile, electricity, water, heating and internet service have been "almost completely restored" in Kyiv after Ukraine's power plants were temporarily shut down as Moscow launched a missile attack on Kyiv's infrastructure. country.
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