UPDATES: US Provides Kiev With Intel to Assist ZNPP Shelling, Russia's Security Council Head Says
UPDATES: US Provides Kiev With Intel to Assist ZNPP Shelling, Russia's Security Council Head Says
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Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine on February 24, as Kiev intensified attacks against the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics. In... 12.09.2022, Sputnik International
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Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine on February 24, as Kiev intensified attacks against the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics. In response to the op, the US, Britain, and the European Union have rolled out a comprehensive sanctions campaign against Moscow.
Previously, the biggest nuclear power plant in Europe - Zaporozhye NPP, had to shut down its last operating power unit to prevent any possible emergencies due to continuous shelling by Ukrainian troops. In the meantime, IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi stressed the need for the implementation of a safe zone around the power plant.
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20:28 GMT 12.09.2022
US Closely Engaged with Ukrainian Forces, Provided Info for Counteroffensive - Pentagon
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - The United States remained closely engaged with Ukrainian forces and provided them with intelligence in the buildup to their counteroffensive operation in the Kharkiv and Kherson regions, a senior US defense official said on Monday.
“We’re in close contact with and conversation with the Ukrainian military. They had multiple options. We certainly provide them with information on conditions, but in the end, this is a Ukrainian choice,” the senior defense official said when asked to what extent the US was involved in planning the counteroffensive.
20:27 GMT 12.09.2022
US to Continue Training Ukrainian Forces on New Weapons Being Supplied – Defense Official
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The United States will "certainly" continue training Ukrainian forces on newer, modern weapons systems being supplied to the country amid Russia’s special military operation, a senior defense official said on Monday.
"The United States is already has been for a couple of months now been training Ukrainian forces on how to operate some of the newer, more modern capabilities that we have been supplying to Ukraine over the past few months, as well as maintenance, repair, and sustainment of those capabilities. So, we would certainly continue that area of training," the official said during a press briefing.
Some countries have begun to invest in and work on basic training for incoming Ukrainian soldiers and the leaders of the Contact Group member states discussed the next logical step in that progression during their meeting at Ramstein last week, the official added.
20:27 GMT 12.09.2022
US Moves Forward to Procure NASAMS Air Defense Systems for Ukraine - Official
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The United States has moved forward to procure for Ukraine air defense systems, including the National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System (NASAMS), a senior defense official said on Monday.
"The United States has now moved forward to procure for Ukraine through USAI [Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative] air defense systems such as NASAMS," the official said during a press briefing.
20:24 GMT 12.09.2022
ZNPP’s Second Back-up Power Transmission line Restored - IAEA
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant’s (ZNPP) second back-up power line has been restored, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said on Monday.
"2nd back-up power line to #Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant has been restored, enabling operator to keep one line in reserve while other provides plant w/ external electricity it needs for reactor cooling & other essential safety functions during shutdown," the IAEA tweeted.
20:23 GMT 12.09.2022
Ukraine Foreshadows Major US Weapons Request for Offensive Against Russia - Reports
US Provides Kiev With Intel to Assist ZNPP Shelling, Russia's Security Council Head Says
"The shelling of critical facilities of the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant by Ukrainian nationalists using heavy guns supplied by NATO countries while target designation is carried out by the United States is a serious threat to radiation safety," Secretary of the Russian Security Council Nikolai Patrushev said.
He noted that the outcome of these provocations may be a nuclear disaster more catastrophic than the incidents at Chernobyl and Fukushima NPPs.
11:43 GMT 12.09.2022
IAEA Head Says Safe Zone Around ZNPP Should Be Created as Result of Russia-Ukraine Agreement
10:23 GMT 12.09.2022
Russia Will Not Tolerate Current State of Affairs in 'Food Deal', Foreign Ministry Says
ussia considers it obvious that the current state of affairs in the "food deal" cannot be put up with, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko said, commenting on the prospects for the deal's extension.
"There is a provision that it is valid for 120 days, after which countries must consider its effect. If necessary, changes can be made to the relevant agreement. We raised the problem because it is obvious that it is impossible to agree with the current state of affairs, since it contradicts fundamental understandings that created the context for the subject of work on these documents," Grushko told reporters.
"Analysis of the implementation [of the memorandum] indicates that once again our partners have shown an unfair approach. And if you look at the statistics of ship routes, it is obvious that more than 87% go not to the poorest countries, where there is a real threat of hunger, but to EU countries and other countries which do not face famine. In addition, the decisions that are being made in the EU regarding the lifting of sanctions clearly indicate that the EU does not intend to act in accordance with the memorandum that was signed in Istanbul," the deputy minister explained.
If the EU softens the restrictions, then "only for agricultural goods and their delivery to the EU countries," Grushko added.
10:10 GMT 12.09.2022
Kremlin: Russia Not Pulling Troops Out of ZNPP, Kiev Must Be Forced to Stop Shelling Nuclear Plant
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