The director of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said “encouraged” by the reactions of Russia and Ukraine to the five “concrete principles” which he presented on Tuesday May 30 to avoid a “nuclear accident” at the Ukrainian power plant in Zaporizhya. “Today is a step in the right direction”, Rafael Grossi told the UN Security Council. The head of the UN body has been conducting negotiations for months to ensure the protection of this site in south-eastern Ukraine occupied by Russia, where the situation is considered very precarious due to the bombardments linked to the fighting. Follow our live.
A Ukrainian bombing leaves one dead in the Russian region of Belgorod. This was stated by the governor of the border region of Belgorod, Vyacheslav Gladkov, Tuesday. According to him, the two injured are “in serious condition in intensive care”, with some “penetrating injuries to the abdomen” for one, on the chest for the other.
Washington reacts to the drone attack in Moscow. The United States does not support military attacks targeting Russia on its territory, the US State Department (equivalent to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs) said on Tuesday after a drone attack on Moscow attributed to Ukrainian forces by the Kremlin. “In general, we do not support attacks inside Russia. We are focused on providing Ukraine with the equipment and training necessary to retake its own sovereign territory.”said a spokesman for American diplomacy, on the sidelines of a visit by Secretary of State Anthony Blinken to Sweden.
Eight drones involved in the attack. On Tuesday morning, thehe mayor of Moscow, Sergei Sobyanin, announced on Telegram that a drone attack had caused “minor damage” to several Moscow buildings. In his press release (in Russian)the Ministry of Defense specifies thateight drones were involved in the attack and that they were all neutralized by the defense systems.