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The European Union provided the UN International Court of Justice with its information within the framework of the case of Ukraine against Russia regarding the genocide of the Ukrainian people by the Russian occupiers. This was reported to the International Court of Justice. According to the charter and regulations of the court, a public international organization on its own initiative can provide the court with relevant information regarding the cases it is considering. Such information is submitted in the form of a Memorandum before the closing of the written proceedings. Thus, on August 17, the European Union submitted information to…

The Issue Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine has been a wake-up call for Europe, which has taken decisive steps to assist Ukraine and shore up European security and defense. Yet this moment could be short-lived if not followed by a sustained, collective effort to transform and rationalize European defense. Without this, additional European defense spending may be wasted and the continent will continue to rely on the United States for its defense. European nations should fully leverage the European Union, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), and other multilateral formats to overcome fragmentation and avoid a piecemeal approach to…

Ukrainian officials this week staged an exercise in case of possible nuclear disaster The rhetoric surrounding Europe's biggest nuclear power plant - close to the front line in Ukraine - is becoming increasingly alarming, with international figures warning of the risk of a major accident. UN Secretary General António Guterres believes potential damage to the Zaporizhzhia plant could be "suicide" and Turkey's president has said no-one wants another Chernobyl - the world's worst nuclear accident, when Ukraine was under Soviet rule. Russia seized the site on the left bank of the River Dnieper at the start of its war, Ukraine…

The Russian presence is signalled in the footage with vehicles marked with the letter Z – a symbol of the invasion of Ukraine. Orcs place equipment in the engine rooms… And then their stupid civilian herd says “Ukrainian are hiding behind peaceful people”…. Hypocrites and rotten

A serviceman with a Russian flag on his uniform stands guard near the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in the course of Ukraine-Russia conflict outside the Russian-controlled city of Enerhodar in the Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine August 4, 2022. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the world is on the verge of a nuclear disaster as tensions mount over the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. “The world is on a verge of nuclear disaster due to occupation of world’s third largest nuclear power plant in Energodar, Zaporizhzhia region,” Zelenskyy wrote on Twitter. Russian forces took control of Zaporizhzhia, Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, shortly…

The State Inspectorate for Nuclear Regulation amended the operating licenses for units 1 and 2 at the Zaporizhzhia NPP, where the Russian occupants had placed military equipment and ammunition. Operation of Zaporizhzhya NPP power unit No. 1 is allowed in the "fuel overload" - "cold shutdown" state, while power unit No. 2 is allowed in the "cold shutdown" state. "Cold shutdown" refers to the safe state of a nuclear reactor when the reactor is shut down at low pressure and low cooling water temperature, Liga specifies. During a "cold shutdown," the nuclear reactor does not generate power. The reactor can…

2 KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — It was early one morning when life under Russian occupation became too much for Volodymyr Zhdanov: Rocket fire aimed at Ukrainian forces struck near his home in the city of Kherson, terrifying one of his two children. His 8-year-old daughter “ran in panic to the basement. It was 2 o’clock in the morning and (she) was really scared,” said Zhdanov, who later fled the city on the Black Sea and has been living in Kyiv, the capital, for the past three weeks. Kherson, located north of the Crimean Peninsula that was annexed by Moscow in…

A Kremlin propagandist with close links to Vladimir Putin has said that Russia should use nuclear weapons against the West to protect Russian speakers in the Baltic states. Vladimir Solovyov was giving his reaction to restrictions being proposed in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia on Russian citizens and Russian speakers, in response to Putin's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Estonia's government has made it more difficult for Russian citizens to enter the country. Latvia has declared Russia a "state sponsor of terrorism", stopped issuing entry visas to Russian citizens and is looking to restrict Russian-language use in workplaces. Meanwhile, Lithuania, which in…

Europe needs to do more militarily to support Ukraine. Since the beginning of the war, Europe has provided a tremendous amount of support to Ukraine, flooding the country with much-needed military equipment. However, the taps are now being tightened. The ad hoc nature of Europe’s military support is hitting a wall. The continent’s weapon stockpiles are running low just as Ukraine’s military needs are growing and becoming more expensive. Meanwhile, the increases in defense spending throughout Europe are unlikely to be enough to both modernize Europe’s woeful militaries and support Ukraine as it tries to single-handedly match a global military…

Blinken updated Kuleba on U.S. deliveries of security assistance and condemned Russia’s actions at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, according to a State Department readout of the call. “Additionally, the secretary reaffirmed the United States will continue to call for an end to all military operations at or near Ukraine’s nuclear facilities, the return of full control of these facilities to Ukraine and Moscow to end its war of choice against its sovereign neighbor,” the readout said. The two also discussed Ukraine’s upcoming Independence Day on Aug. 24.  Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Wednesday night that Ukrainian diplomats and nuclear…