A fire broke out on Sunday evening, August 11, in the cooling system of the Ukrainian nuclear power plant in Zaporizhzhia, occupied by the Russian armed forces, with kyiv and Moscow accusing each other of responsibility. According to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which has a team on site, “There is no impact on nuclear safety” while all six reactors are shut down. The head of the Russian administration in the region, Vladimir Rogov, said early Monday that the fire had been “completely off”. Follow our live.
The IAEA calls on the belligerents. The International Atomic Energy Agency has urged both sides to “exercise the greatest restraint in order to avoid a nuclear accident likely to have serious radiological consequences.”
Russian military says it is halting Ukrainian advance into Russia. In a statement, the Russian Defense Ministry said it had prevented “attempts at breakthroughs” of “mobile armoured groups” enemy near the towns of Tolpino, Zhuravli and Obshchi Kolodez, located about thirty kilometers as the crow flies from Ukraine. kyiv launched an unprecedented large-scale operation in the Kursk border region of Russia on Tuesday.
More than 76,000 displaced people. In response to the Ukrainian incursion, Russia has evacuated more than 76,000 people to “safe places”. Ukraine, for its part, has requested the evacuation of at least 20,000 civilians from the Sumy region.