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Ukraine’s atomic power operator, Energoatom, has described the Russian missile strike on the Pivdennoukrainsk nuclear energy plant – see earlier publish right here – as an act of “nuclear terrorism”. (Through AP)
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Russia is urging Uefa to ban the supervisor of the Ukraine males’s nationwide crew after he expressed a want to battle Vladimir Putin’s invading forces, the Guardian can reveal.
The Soccer Union of Russia has written to the governing physique accusing Oleksandr Petrakov of discriminating towards Russians and failing to stay politically impartial.
Denis Rogachev, the deputy secretary basic of the FUR, cited feedback carried in two newspapers – Italy’s Corriere dello Sport and Russia’s Sport Categorical – as proof of Petrakov’s guilt.
In a letter to Uefa’s management, ethics and disciplinary physique, Petrakov is accused of breaching codes of conduct by calling for Russians to be banned from worldwide sport and speaking about his hopes of becoming a member of the armed forces.
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The US president, Joe Biden, used an interview with CBS’s 60 Minutes programme on Sunday night time to warn Vladimir Putin that the use of nuclear or different non-conventional weapons towards Ukraine would immediate a “consequential” response from the US.
When requested what he would inform Putin if the Russian chief was mulling such a transfer, he stated: “Don’t. Don’t. Don’t.”
Biden praised the Ukrainians for his or her gritty battle towards the Russian invasion and stated: “They’re defeating Russia”.
Requested how one can outline victory for Kyiv, he stated: “Successful the struggle in Ukraine is to get Russia out of Ukraine utterly.”
However given the dimensions of human struggling and destruction inflicted in resisting the Russian onslaught, “it’s terrible laborious to rely that as profitable”, he added.
Pivdennoukrainsk nuclear energy plant struck
Reuters has extra info on the Russian strike on the Pivdennoukrainsk nuclear energy plant within the early hours of Monday:
Russian troops struck the Pivdennoukrainsk nuclear energy plant in Ukraine’s southern Mykolaiv area early on Monday however its reactors haven’t been broken and are working usually, Ukraine’s state nuclear firm Energoatom stated.
A blast happened 300 metres away from the reactors and broken energy plant buildings shortly after midnight, Energoatom stated in a press release. The assault has additionally broken a close-by hydroelectric energy plant and transmission traces.
Energoatom stated:
At present, all three energy items of the PNPP (Pivdennoukrainsk Nuclear Energy Plant) are working usually. Fortuitously, there have been no casualties among the many station employees
It printed two pictures exhibiting a crater it stated was brought on by the blast. In one of many photos a person stood within the crater to offer a way of its measurement.
Commenting on the strike on the Telegram messaging app, Ukraine‘s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy stated:
The invaders wished to shoot once more, however they forgot what a nuclear energy plant is. Russia endangers the entire world. We have now to cease it earlier than it’s too late.
There was no fast Russian response to Ukraine’s accusations.
The Mykolaiv area has been below fixed rocket assault by Russian forces in latest weeks.
One other Ukrainian nuclear energy plant at Zaporizhzhia – which is Europe’s largest and lies about 250km (155 miles) east of the Mykolaiv web site – was shut down earlier this month as a result of Russian shelling, prompting issues a few doable nuclear catastrophe.
Russia and Ukraine have blamed one another for shelling on the Zaporizhzhia plant, which is held by Russian forces however operated by Ukrainian employees. The shelling has broken buildings and disrupted energy traces.
The UN nuclear watchdog stated this weekend one of many 4 predominant energy traces on the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear facility had been repaired and was as soon as once more supplying the plant with electrical energy from the Ukrainian grid.
Russian troops have struck the Pivdennoukrainsk nuclear energy plant within the southern Mykolaiv area, however its reactors haven’t been broken and are working usually, Reuters reviews.
In line with Ukraine’s state nuclear firm, Energoatom, a blast early on Monday happened 300 metres from the reactors and broken energy plant buildings. The assault has additionally broken a close-by hydroelectric energy plant and transmission traces.
Russia is very prone to have misplaced a minimum of 4 fight jets in Ukraine inside the final 10 days, taking its attrition to about 55 for the reason that starting of its invasion, the British navy stated on Monday.
There’s a life like chance that the rise in losses was partially a results of the Russian air power accepting larger threat in a transfer to supply shut air help to Russian floor forces below strain from Ukrainian advances, the defence ministry stated in its every day intelligence on Twitter.
Russian pilots’ situational consciousness is commonly poor, it stated. “There’s a life like chance that some plane have strayed over enemy territory and into denser air defence zones because the frontlines have moved quickly.” (Through Reuters)
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has added to the small group of nations excluded from the Queen’s funeral in London right this moment, as AFP reviews:
Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin – below a journey ban to the UK as a result of sanctions – had already stated he wouldn’t attend.
However not inviting any Russian consultant to the Queen’s funeral was “significantly blasphemous in the direction of Elizabeth II’s reminiscence” and “deeply immoral”, the overseas ministry spokeswoman in Moscow stated on Thursday.
Russia and Belarus have embassies in London and their presidents despatched King Charles III messages of condolences.
Different nations with no invites are Myanmar, Syria, Venezuela and Taliban-ruled Afghanistan.
Good morning. That is Sam Jones taking on now from my colleague Virginia.
Ukrainians flee shelling of Kupiansk as Russian forces attempt to sluggish advances
On Sunday, Ukrainian civilians have been fleeing heavy preventing as Russia’s armed forces tried to carry off an extra dramatic advance by Ukrainian troops within the north-east of the nation.
As Luke Harding and Isobel Koshiw report, vehicles filled with households streamed out of town of Kupiansk, which Ukraine recaptured simply over per week in the past as a part of a surprising counter-offensive. Kupiansk, a strategic railway junction, sits on both facet of the river. It’s on the brand new frontline after Ukrainian forces on Friday crossed to the precise financial institution. They’re now poised to push additional into Luhansk province, which the Kremlin and its native proxies have managed solely since June, and partly since 2014. Right here’s the total story.
Russian pop star speaks out towards struggle in Ukraine
The Russian singer Alla Pugacheva has spoken out towards the struggle in Ukraine and the “loss of life of our boys for illusory targets”.
The remarks are the primary time that the pop star, an icon in Russia, has publicly criticised the battle.
Addressing the Russian justice ministry, Pugacheva advised her 3.4 million Instagram followers: “I’m asking you to incorporate me on the overseas brokers checklist of my beloved nation.” Learn extra right here.
Milley: “Not going too properly for Russia”
The highest US basic on Sunday stated it was nonetheless unclear how Russia may react to the most recent battlefield setbacks in Ukraine and referred to as for vigilance amongst US troops as he visited a base in Poland aiding Ukraine’s struggle effort, Reuters reported.
“The struggle will not be going too properly for Russia proper now. So it’s incumbent upon all of us to keep up excessive states of readiness, alert,” US Military Basic Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Employees, advised reporters in Warsaw.
Milley stated he was not suggesting US troops in Europe have been at any elevated risk, however stated they needed to be prepared.
“Within the conduct of struggle, you simply don’t know with a excessive diploma of certainty what is going to occur subsequent.”
Some latest photographs from Kharkiv, Ukraine.
Russian assaults in east and south repelled, says Ukraine navy
Ukrainian navy stated on Sunday that its forces repelled assaults by Russian troops within the areas of the Kharkiv area within the east and Kherson in south the place Ukraine launched counteroffensives this month, in addition to in elements of Donetsk within the south-east, Reuters reviews.
It stated Ukrainian troops had superior to the jap financial institution of the Oskil River in Kharkiv area.
“From yesterday, Ukraine controls the east financial institution,” it stated on Telegram. Serhiy Gaidai, governor of the neighbouring Luhansk area, stated this meant the “de-occupation” of his area was “not far-off”.
The Institute for the Examine of Conflict (ISW) says Russia president Vladimir Putin is “more and more counting on irregular volunteer and proxy forces slightly than typical items,” in its newest replace on the Russian marketing campaign.
“Putin’s souring relationship with the navy command and the Russian (MoD) could clarify partially the Kremlin’s rising concentrate on recruiting ill-prepared volunteers into ad-hoc irregular items slightly than making an attempt to attract them into reserve or substitute swimming pools for normal Russian fight items,” the ISW stated.
Welcome
Welcome to our reside protection of the struggle in Ukraine. I’m Virginia Harrison and I’ll be with you for the subsequent hour or so.
It’s simply after 8am in Kyiv and these are the primary developments:
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The Ukrainian navy stated on Sunday that its forces repelled assaults by Russian troops within the Kharkiv area within the east and Kherson within the south, the place Ukraine launched counteroffensives this month, in addition to in elements of Donetsk within the south-east. It stated Ukrainian troops had superior to the jap financial institution of the Oskil River in Kharkiv area. “From yesterday, Ukraine controls the east financial institution,” it stated on Telegram.
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5 civilians have been killed in Russian assaults within the jap Donetsk area over the previous day whereas in Nikopol, additional west, a number of dozen residential buildings, fuel pipelines and energy traces have been hit, regional governors stated on Sunday.
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The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, vowed there can be no let up in preventing to regain territory misplaced to Russia. “Maybe it appears to a few of you that after a sequence of victories we now have a lull of kinds,” he stated in his nightly tackle on Sunday. “However there shall be no lull. There may be preparation for the subsequent sequence … For Ukraine have to be free. All of it.”
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In an intelligence replace, Britain’s defence ministry stated Russian strikes on civilian infrastructure, together with an influence grid and a dam, had intensified. “Because it faces setbacks on the entrance traces, Russia has doubtless prolonged the places it’s ready to strike in an try to straight undermine the morale of the Ukrainian folks and authorities,” it stated on Sunday.
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Ukrainian forces are refusing to discard worn-out US-provided arms, with many reverse-engineering spare elements to proceed the counteroffensive towards Russia’s invasion. “They’re not prepared to scrap it,” one soldier stated, recalling artillery with shrapnel harm and typically utterly worn out from firing spherical after spherical towards Russian troops.
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The Ukrainian navy stated Russia has deployed Iranian assault drones, the New York Instances reported on Sunday. In line with a Ukrainian navy official who spoke to the New York Instances, remnants of the Shahed-136 assault drones have been found on the bottom through the counteroffensive that Ukraine launched within the north-eastern areas of the nation this month.
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The Ukrainian navy has carried out 20 airstrikes previously 24 hours towards Russian strongholds, in line with the final employees of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The Kyiv Impartial reported on Sunday that Ukraine’s Air Pressure had efficiently focused 15 Russian strongholds and 4 websites, in addition to seven management factors.
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The Russian singer Alla Pugacheva has spoken out towards the struggle in Ukraine and the “loss of life of our boys for illusory targets”. The remarks are the primary time that the pop star, an icon in Russia, has publicly criticised the battle. Addressing the Russian justice ministry, Pugacheva advised her 3.4 million Instagram followers: “I’m asking you to incorporate me on the overseas brokers checklist of my beloved nation.”
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The Georgian president, Salome Zourabichvili, levelled heavy criticism towards Russia on Sunday after the invention of mass graves in Izium final week. Zourabichvili condemned “within the strongest phrases the atrocities dedicated by Russia in Izium”, including that “these struggle crimes have to be answered by justice”, the Kyiv Impartial reported.
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The Canadian prime minister, Justin Trudeau, stated on Sunday that the mass graves found in Izium have been proof of Russia’s struggle crimes in Ukraine. “Clearly the UK and Canada have been two of the strongest nations in standing up in help of Ukraine and pushing again towards Russia’s unlawful actions,” Trudeau advised reporters in London.