KYIV, Ukraine — The head of the U.S. Agency for International Development has met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to discuss Ukraine’s humanitarian, economic and development needs. ___ KEY DEVELOPMENTS: — EXPLAINER: Russia’s military woes mount amid Ukraine attacks — Russian rockets slam into Ukrainian city near nuclear plant — Experts: Russia finding new ways to spread propaganda videos -- …
Kyiv, Ukraine CNN — Every day Olga is bused from her home in the Russian-occupied town of Enerhodar, on the banks of the Dnipro River in southeastern Ukraine, to the nearby Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant where she works. “I urge the withdrawal of any military personnel and equipment from the plant and the avoidance of any further deployment of forces …
Russian and Ukrainian officials have repeatedly accused each other of shelling the Zaporizhzhia plant since the invasion began. The United Nations chief has called for an immediate end to all military activity around Europe’s largest nuclear power plant in southeastern Ukraine, as Moscow and Kyiv blamed each other for renewed shelling. https://t.co/aLppSvn22A pic.twitter.com/69AQIbPMx7 — United Nations August 11, 2022 UN …
Rafael Grossi says radiation levels around the former nuclear plant are now ‘normal’ but were up during the Russian occupation. The head of the United Nations’ atomic watchdog says Russia’s temporary takeover of the Chernobyl site was “very, very dangerous” and raised radiation levels but those have now returned to normal. “The situation was absolutely abnormal and very, very dangerous,” …