The fight in Ukraine continues. Russia calls the ban on Russians entering the EU “Nazi policy”. From August 31, the Russian energy company Gazprom will again interrupt the supply of gas through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline.
- The Russian Armed Forces according to Ukrainian sources, has a Residential area attacked near a nuclear power plant. Nine people were injured in the rocket attack on the town of Voznesensk in the Mykolayiv region, Governor Vitaly Kim said. Ukrainian energy supplier Energoatom spoke of “another act of Russian nuclear terrorism”. About 30 kilometers from the residential area is the Pivdennoukrainsk nuclear power plant. Civilians were also attacked in the Donzesk region. Meanwhile, Russia has confirmed that the attacks will continue. More on that.
Russian invasion forces in Ukraine are, according to British intelligence experts, due to the increase Explosions behind own lines in the south of the country under pressure devices. While neither side has made any frontline advances in the Kherson region, the “increasingly frequent explosions behind Russian lines are likely putting pressure on Russian logistics and air bases in the south”, according to British experts.
- Russian air defense is said to have again shot down drones over the annexed Crimea peninsula – via Sevastopol, the home port of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, and the seaside resort of Yevpatoria. “Like many other residents, I heard explosions in the center,” Sevastopol’s chief administrator Mikhail Rasvozhayev wrote on Telegram. Missiles are also said to have been shot down over the city of Kerch and the Belbek military airfield. Observers suspect that the Ukrainians want to test the Russian air defense system.
- Russian President Vladimir Putin and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron agreed to a phone call to a Inspection of the Zaporizhia nuclear plant occupied by Russian troops issued by the International Atomic Energy Agency. IAEA chief Rafael Grossi declares his willingness to send inspectors “as soon as possible”.
- The Permanent Representative of Russia to international organizations in Vienna, Mikhail Ulyanov, causes outrage. On Saturday night, he tweeted a tweet from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, who thanked the US arms supply, with “No mercy to the Ukrainian people!” commented. Soon after, he deleted the post. Representatives of Ukraine detect an incitement to genocide. More on that.
- Once again Russian energy company Gazprom is cutting off its gas supply to Europe via the Nord Stream 1 pipeline. This time, due to “a series of routine maintenance work” from August 31 to September 2, no gas is expected to flow across the Baltic Sea to Germany. More on that.
- Moscow Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu approved the proposals for a EU-wide entry ban by the russians like “Nazi Politics” criticized. “We are still seeing a clear emergence of Nazi policies as the highest European tribunes actively promote the Russophobic idea of banning all Russian citizens from entering EU countries,” Shoigu said Saturday at the First International Anti-Fascist Congress in Moscow. . More on the entry ban.
- The US agency S&P upgraded Ukraine’s rating. The long-term foreign currency bond rating will be upgraded to “CCC+” from previously “SD”. The outlook is stable. The country’s real gross domestic product will fall 40 percent this year as exports, consumption and investment contract, he said.
(Red/APA/Portal/AFP/dpa)