Ukrainians and Russians accuse each other of striking the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, which is in territory controlled by Russian forces. Notably, Ukrainian nuclear power company Energoatom announced that a high-voltage line at the nuclear plant was hit by Russian shelling on Friday, but that the plant was still operating and no radioactive leak had […]
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How much does the plan to rebuild the Ukrainian infrastructure cost – already?
By Madeline Halpert Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has caused $108.3 billion in damage to the country’s infrastructure, according to a study by the Kyiv School of Economics published on the same day that Ukraine’s Defense Ministry estimated that the war has left 3.5 million people. Russian attacks in Ukraine have damaged or destroyed 105,200 cars, […]
Kyiv ‘enraged’ at accusations that it endangers civilians
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said today he was “outraged” by “unjust” accusations by Amnesty International, which accused Kyiv of endangering civilians in its war with Moscow. “I am as outraged as you are by the Amnesty International report. I consider it ‘unfair,’” Kouleba commented in a video he posted on Facebook. In the report, […]
Ukrainian troops retreated in Donbass
Ukraine said today it was forced to cede territory in the eastern part of the country in the face of a Russian offensive. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky this week described the pressure his country’s armed forces are under in the Donbass region of eastern Ukraine as “hell”. He spoke of heavy fighting around the town […]
Germany gets less energy at higher price from Russia – 51.3% price increase in Russian imports
Despite the sanctions in place, the value of Germany’s imports from Russia increased in the first half of 2022 by 51.3%, reaching 22.6 billion euros. According to the Federal Statistical Office, the value of German imports from Russia rose sharply from January to June. Their total value reached 22.6 billion euros, 51.3% higher than the […]
Amnesty International: Ukrainian army put civilians at risk
The Ukrainian military has put civilians at risk by setting up military bases inside schools and hospitals and launching attacks from residential areas to push back the Russian invasion, Amnesty International said today. Such tactics violate international humanitarian law, the non-governmental organization said in a statement, whose findings were denounced by Kyiv as part of […]
Ukraine: Eight people killed by Russian shelling in the city of Toretsk
Eight people were killed and four wounded by Russian artillery shelling in the eastern Ukrainian city of Toretsk in the Donetsk region, the regional governor said. The shelling hit a bus stop where people had gathered, governor Pavlo Kirilenko wrote on Telegram. Three children are among the injured, he said. Andriy Yermak, the Ukrainian president’s […]
Ukraine: IAEA requests access to Ukraine’s Zaporizhia nuclear power plant
The head of the UN nuclear agency has requested access to a Ukrainian nuclear power plant now controlled by Russian forces to determine whether it is a source of danger. Contact with Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, located in Zaporizhia and operated by Ukrainian technicians, is “fragile” and communications do not work every day, International […]
UN: Investigative mission on the explosions in Olenivka prison in Ukraine
The UN secretary-general will launch a fact-finding mission to find out the “truth” in connection with last week’s explosions at Olenivka prison in a pro-Russian separatist region of eastern Ukraine, he announced today, responding to requests from Kiev and Moscow. “I decided to launch an investigative mission” following “requests I received from the Russian Federation […]
Russia: ‘We destroyed a warehouse with foreign weapons in Lviv’
Russia said today it had destroyed a cache of foreign weapons in the Lviv region of western Ukraine, an area bordering Poland that is rarely hit by Moscow’s strikes. “Russian high-precision missiles” destroyed a “foreign arms and ammunition depot delivered to the Kiev regime from Poland” near Radekif, in the Lviv region, the Russian military […]
