- Investigators from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will remain at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant to ascertain the damage caused by repeated shelling at the compound, the UN agency’s head has said.
- Ukraine has accused Russia of shelling Enerhodar, as well as the agreed-upon route of the UN team. Meanwhile, Russia’s defence ministry has accused Ukrainian “saboteurs” of trying to seize the plant.
- Investigators from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will remain at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant to ascertain the damage caused by repeated shelling at the compound, the UN agency’s head has said.
- Ukraine has accused Russia of shelling Enerhodar, as well as the agreed-upon route of the UN team. Meanwhile, Russia’s defence ministry has accused Ukrainian “saboteurs” of trying to seize the plant.
- Both sides have claimed battlefield successes amid a new Ukrainian push to recapture territory in the south, with a Ukrainian official saying Kyiv’s forces have made progress in three areas, while Russia’s defence ministry claims the counteroffensive has failed.
- European Union foreign ministers have decided to make it more expensive and time-consuming for Russians to get visas to travel to the bloc but have stopped short of agreeing to a visa ban supported by Ukraine and several eastern member states.
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