A nuclear threat in Europe? “Russia has put the Ukrainians, like all Europeans, on the brink of a nuclear catastrophe”, said Thursday, August 25, in the evening, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. The Zaporijjia nuclear power plant, in the occupied zone in southern Ukraine, was “disconnected” of the Ukrainian network after damage to power lines caused by fires, according to kyiv. The Ukrainian state company Energoatom specifies that the nuclear installations remained supplied by the neighboring thermal power station. Follow our live.
The reinforced Russian army. Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Thursday ordering a 10% increase in the number of soldiers in the army, in the midst of an offensive against Ukraine and against a backdrop of growing tensions with Western countries.
An international tribunal next year? kyiv intends to create an international tribunal next year to try Russian President Vladimir Putin and those responsible for the invasion of Ukraine, Andriï Smirnov told AFP. deputy head of the Ukrainian presidential administration. “This is the only option to quickly hold the criminals who started the war against Ukraine to account. The best, fastest and most effective”insisted the senior official.
A meeting between France and Poland about Ukraine. Emmanuel Macron will receive Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki on Monday to discuss support for Ukraine against Russia and the consequences of the conflict for Europeans, the Elysée announced on Thursday. The visit of the nationalist-populist Prime Minister, who had already come in March 2021, comes after a period of tension between Paris and Warsaw.