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The UN will publish the Zaporizhia nuclear plant report
A mission of experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is due to publish its findings from the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant in a detailed report later on Tuesday. Four of the six members of the UN mission at the plant have left the plant and the remaining two IAEA experts will remain on a permanent basis, the UN nuclear watchdog said. The statement issued on Monday reads: Director General Grossi will on Tuesday issue a report on the state of nuclear safety, security and safeguards in Ukraine – including findings from the mission to the ZNPP – and later in the day will brief the UN Security Council on the mission to factory. Administrative director of the city of Zaporizhzhia, Oleksandr Starukh, said via his Telegram channel on Monday: Today, the IAEA mission left the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant, so we are currently waiting not only for a report on the current situation, but for clear decisions. The nuclear power plant and the area around it must be demilitarized as soon as possible.” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy reiterated that the mission’s conclusions should be presented on Tuesday, adding: “I hope they will be objective.”
The backup power line at the Zaporizhzhia power plant was disconnected
The backup power line at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia power plant was disconnected to fight the fire, officials said Monday. Due to a fire caused by bombing, the [backup] The line has been disconnected, this is the last line connecting the ZNPP/ZTPP node to Ukraine’s electricity system,” Ukrainian operator Energoatom said. As a result, the plant’s sixth and final reactor was disconnected from the grid. However, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said the line itself was not damaged. “ZNPP continues to receive the electricity it needs for safety from its single reactor,” it said. The backup line “will be reconnected once the fire is out,” the UN nuclear watchdog added. A Russian armored vehicle appeared outside the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. Ukraine claims the plant’s last active reactor has been disconnected and taken off the grid due to shelling. Photo: Alexander Ermochenko/Reuters
Summary and welcome
Hello and welcome back to the Guardian’s live coverage of the war in Ukraine. I’m Samantha Lock and I’ll be bringing you all the latest developments for the next while. Whether you followed our coverage overnight or just dropped in, here are the latest lines. A mission of experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is to release its findings from the Russian-controlled Zaporizhia nuclear power plant in a detailed report later today. Meanwhile, US President Joe Biden said Russia should not be designated a state sponsor of terrorism, a label Ukraine has pushed for amid Russia’s ongoing incursion, while Moscow has warned it will crack down on US-Russia relations. It is 7.30 in the morning in Kyiv. Here’s where things stand:
Ukraine’s southern offensive prompted Kherson separatists to “pause” a planned referendum on whether to become part of Russia. Russia’s state-run Tass news agency reported that the head of Kherson’s Russian-appointed authorities, Kirill Stremusov, said plans for a referendum on joining Russia had been “stalled” due to the security situation.
Ukraine has repelled Russian attacks in the east, as well as blocking Russian positions near Kramatorsk, a key city in the eastern Donetsk region, its armed forces claimed. In a situation update, he also claimed that Ukrainian troops had successes in disrupting Russian crossings near Kherson and using long-range artillery in Kharkiv. In a rare acknowledgment of the Ukrainian counteroffensive, Russia said it had repelled the attacks in Kherson.
The backup power line at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia power plant was disconnected to fight the fire, officials said Monday. “Due to a fire caused by bombing, the [backup] The line has been disconnected, this is the last line connecting the ZNPP/ZTPP node to Ukraine’s electricity system.” As a result, the plant’s sixth and final reactor was disconnected from the grid, Ukrainian operator Energoatom said. However, the International The Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said the line itself was not damaged. “The ZNPP continues to receive the electricity it needs for safety from its single reactor,” it said. The backup line “will be reconnected once the fire is out.” the UN nuclear watchdog added.
Four of the six members of the United Nations mission at the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant have left the site, said Energoatom, Ukraine’s state-owned company that operates all four of the country’s nuclear power plants. The remaining two IAEA experts will remain on a permanent basis, it said. The agency is compiling a report to be released this week.
The imminent arrival of Liz Truss as Britain’s prime minister has been greeted with disdain from the Kremlin and praise in Ukraine. “I would not like to say that things can change for the worse, because it is hard to imagine anything worse,” Vladimir Putin’s chief spokesman Dmitry Peskov said when asked if Moscow expected any change in relations with Britain . “But, unfortunately, this cannot be ruled out.” Ukrainian politicians offered an exuberant welcome. “In Liz, we Truss” tweeted Ukrainian MP Rustem Umerov. “Mrs. Truss is a staunch supporter of Ukraine. Hope for a fruitful continued partnership between the UK and Ukraine.” President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he was “looking forward to the start of cooperation” with Truss.
Ukraine has sought political support from Brussels for the creation of a special court to prosecute Russian military and political leaders for their role in the war. Several Ukrainian leaders attending a war crimes accountability conference in the European capital on Monday argued for a court dedicated to prosecuting high-level Russian perpetrators in addition to the International Criminal Court.
Russia will not fully resume gas supplies to Europe until the West lifts sanctions against Moscow, the Kremlin said, as gas prices rose on Monday and the pound and euro fell. Speaking to reporters on Monday, Dmitry Peskov, a Kremlin spokesman, blamed sanctions for Russia’s failure to deliver natural gas through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline. “It is these sanctions imposed by Western states that brought the situation to this which we see now”.
A Russian court has sentenced journalist Ivan Safronov to 22 years in prison on trumped-up treason charges, a record sentence that has shocked those who rallied to protest his imprisonment. Safronov, a former defense journalist for the Kommersant and Vedomosti newspapers, was tried on secret evidence.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has adopted a new foreign policy doctrine based on the concept of a “Russian World,” a notion that conservative ideologues have used to justify intervention abroad in support of Russian speakers. The 31-page “humanitarian policy”, published on Monday, says Russia must “protect, protect and promote the traditions and ideals of the Russian world”.
A Ukrainian soldier takes a selfie as an artillery system fires on the front line fighting against Russian forces in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine on September 3. Photo: Kostiantyn Liberov/AP
