“Of course, Zaporizhia’s electricity is Ukrainian electricity (…) this principle must be fully respected“, insists Antonio Guterres. The UN Secretary General asked Russia on Friday, August 19 not to cut the Zaporijjia nuclear power plant from the Ukrainian network. Since the end of July, several keystrokesof which Moscow and kyiv accuse each other, targeted this plant under Russian control, located in Energodar, in the oblast (region) of Zaporizhia, in the south of Ukraine, raising fears a nuclear disaster. Follow our live.
Antonio Guterres traveling to Odessa. The UN Secretary General is visiting Odessa, the major port in southern Ukraine, on Friday. The day before, he pledged to do everything to intensify the recent unblocking of Ukrainian grain exports.
New bombardments in the Donbass. In eastern Ukraine, fighting continues in the Donbass, Moscow’s priority strategic objective. Five deaths have been recorded in the past 24 hours in Donetsk province alone, according to Ukrainian authorities.
The bombarded city of Kharkiv. In the northeast of the country, bombardments hit Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second largest city, on Friday and left at least one dead, according to local authorities. At least 12 other people had died in the same way in the region in the past two days, they said.