The UN Security Council discussed the crisis around the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant in response to yesterday’s request from Russia The complex, according to the statement, and the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant are at the center of mutual accusations between Moscow and Kyiv, as each of them claims that the other side bombed nuclear facilities last week, while neither an independent source was unable to confirm this, and the G7 statement said: “We demand that Russia regain full control over Ukraine. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky recalled the Chernobyl disaster, and Andriy Yermak, head of Ukrainian President Zelensky’s administration, accused Russia of attacking Ukrainian cities from the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, knowing that his country would not respond because the response would be dangerous.
On the other hand, Ukraine, according to Bern, asked Switzerland to represent it diplomatically in Russia, but Moscow must agree to this measure for it to take effect, and since Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, Switzerland, known for its neutrality , has demonstrated readiness to provide diplomatic assistance and play a mediating role.
The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said that Kyiv had asked Switzerland to delegate a mission of “forces to protect” its interests in Russia, confirming what the Luserner Zeitung newspaper had published. Georgia and vice versa.
Killed in Russian bombing of Zaporozhye
Russian strikes have killed 14 civilians, mostly in the Dnipropetrovsk region in central-eastern Ukraine, according to local authorities, at a facility near the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, which Moscow and Kyiv blame each other for bombing.
Nighttime shelling in Dnepropetrovsk has killed 13 people and injured 11 others, five of whom are in critical condition, in this relatively safe area where civilians are being transferred from the Donbass to the east and which was the focus of the Russian attack. Rocket launchers “Grad” fired at the city of Marganets, opposite the Ukrainian Zaporozhye nuclear power plant on the other side of the Dnieper, and the village of Vychitrasovka.
Import of Ukrainian grain by train
Spain has launched a pilot project to import grain from Ukraine by train to explore how transport can be used if sea lanes are closed or banned due to war. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in late February halted Ukrainian grain exports, delaying up to 25 million tons of grain. wheat and other grains In Kyiv’s Black Sea ports, the war has sent food prices skyrocketing around the world and raised fears of starvation, and the Ministry of Transport said: The Renvy freight train “consisting of 25 containers of 12 meters each” has left Madrid within the framework of the Spanish project. Heading to the Polish city of Chelm, located near the border with Ukraine, he will travel 2,400 kilometers to Chelm, where he will collect 600 tons of grain and return to Barcelona in early September.
