The Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, arrived Thursday, June 15 at the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, as part of an inspection visit, announced the Ukrainian operator Energoatom . His visit had to be postponed twice for security reasons. The Director General of the IAEA, who has already visited this gigantic power plant on several occasions, must in particular determine whether it has been endangered by the destruction of the Kakhovka dam. The water level in the cooling pond, which is currently stable, will be monitored. Follow our live.
kyiv announces that it shot down a cruise missile and 20 Russian explosive drones overnight. Three missiles again hit a town in the Dnipropetrovsk region, Kryvyi Rig, the birthplace of President Volodymyr Zelensky. They touched “two industrial companies that have nothing to do with the army“, said Thursday on Telegram the head of the military administration of the city, Oleksandre Vilkoul. A 38-year-old man was injured and hospitalized, but his life is not in danger, he added.
Russia claims to have neutralized nine drones over Crimea overnight and in the morning. “Six aircraft were shot down by anti-aircraft forces”while three others “have been deactivated” before landing, said Thursday the local governor installed by Moscow, Sergei Aksionov. One of the drones exploded in the village of Doukuchayevo, in the center of the peninsula annexed by Russia, smashing the windows of several houses.
Australia blocks the construction of a new Russian embassy. The government consulted the intelligence services and “has received very clear security advice on the risk posed by a new Russian presence so close to Parliament” Australian in Canberra, the Prime Minister, Anthony Albanian. “We don’t think Russia is in a good position to talk about international law, given that it has so consistently and brazenly rejected it with its invasion of Ukraine.”he estimated.
Antony Blinken expected this weekend in China to renew the dialogue. For Washington, it is above all a question of re-establishing direct lines of communication with Beijing and of “manage” tensions in order to avoid a confrontation “accidental”. The United States says it is monitoring the Sino-Russian rapprochement as closely as possible, warning Beijing against supplying arms to Russia, which constitutes “a red line”.