Vladimir Putin accused Kyiv of trying to attack the Kursk nuclear power plant

“The enemy tried to attack the nuclear power plant at night”Vladimir Putin said during a televised meeting with members of his government and governors of Ukraine’s border regions. “Notified to IAEA”Without directly presenting evidence for these claims, he added. UA spokesman for the International Atomic Energy Agency announced to AFP that its director-general, Raffaele Grossi, would be visiting. “next week” At the site of a nuclear power plant. Follow our live stream.

Volodymyr Zelensky visited the border area in the Kursk region of Russia. “We’ve seen fewer shootings and fewer civilian casualties.”. After a visit near Sumy (Ukraine) on Thursday, August 22, Volodymyr Zelensky welcomed the consequences of the attack on the Russian region of Kursk for the Ukrainian border areas. He revealed himself On that day After a meeting with the commander of the Ukrainian army Oleksandr Chirsky and the head of the regional military administration about the operation on the other side of the border since August 6.

Russia claims to have captured a new village. “Thanks to the successful operations of the units of the Center Troop Group, the area of ​​Mejou (…) was liberated”The Russian Defense Ministry said in its daily report. The city is located near the logistical center of Pokrovsk in eastern Ukraine, which the Russian military continues to move closer to.

IAEA Chairman visits Kursk. The International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Croce will make the trip “next week”The Russian nuclear power company Rosatom announced on Thursday that it will inspect a nuclear power plant installed in the area. Although this site is closed, fighting near it is disturbing.

One person died and 18 were injured in Kherson. A Russian strike in this southern Ukrainian city killed one person and wounded 18, local officials said. On Thursday morning, Russia said it had repelled several Ukrainian attacks by drones and missiles against the western part of the country, 24 hours after an earlier salvo specifically targeted the Moscow region.