Friday, August 26. Russia’s War On Ukraine: News And Information From Ukraine

Business Friday, August 26. Russia’s War On Ukraine: News And Information From Ukraine Katya Soldak Forbes Staff Forbes Ukraine Forbes Staff Aug 26, 2022, 11:25pm EDT | Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin People receive iodine-containing tablets at a distribution point in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Friday, . .

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A mission from the U. N. ‘s International Atomic Energy Agency is expected to visit the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant next week after it was temporarily knocked offline and more shelling was reported in the area overnight, Ukrainian officials said Friday.

(AP Photo/Andriy Andriyenko) Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved Dispatches from Ukraine, provided by Forbes Ukraine’s editorial team. As Russia’s attack on Ukraine continues and the war rages on, reliable sources of information are critical.

Forbes Ukraine’s reporters gather information and provide updates on the situation. Friday, August 26. Day 184.

By Dmytro Aksyonov The Ukrainian government has expanded the list of regions where it is conducting mandatory evacuations, announced Iryna Vereshchuk, Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Reintegration of Temporarily Occupied Territories. The newly expanded list includes certain parts of the Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhya and Mykolaiv regions, in addition to the already announced Donetsk region, where the government says it is unable to guarantee safety during the winter. As the war drags on and the heating season rapidly approaches, the plight of people remaining in frontline territories has been receiving more attention, in particular with the rapidly evolving situation at the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant.

The Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant has been reconnected to the Ukrainian power grid and has resumed supplying electricity , reports Ukrainian state nuclear company Energoatom. Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, which is located in southern Ukraine and is currently under Russian control, was disconnected from the Ukrainian grid for the first time in its history on Thursday after a fire caused by shelling damaged a power line, according to the Ukrainian government. The nuclear plant supplied more than 20% of Ukraine’s electricity needs prior to the start of the full-scale Russian invasion and is the main source of electricity for the country’s southern regions.

Ukrainian Energy Ministry advisor Lana Zerkal said that a mission from the IAEA is scheduled to visit the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant next week , and logistical routes are currently being worked out. Her claim is corroborated by previous reports that the agency aims to visit the plant before September 5 as part of an already planned two-week international mission. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said that while Germany will keep supporting Ukraine in its war against Russia, it will not provide the country with any weapons with which it can strike Russian territory, joining other NATO leaders, such as U.

S. President Joe Biden, in using similar language. MORE FOR YOU Pfizer Tests Pill That Could Prevent Covid Infection Liz Cheney Needles Trump For Bashing Bush: ‘I Like Republican Presidents Who Win Re-Election’ Covid Pandemic Slashes Life Expectancy — Here’s Where It Fell The Most Scholz said that while his country unequivocally condemns Russia’s “imperialist war of conquest,” it seeks to avoid further escalation, as any confrontation between NATO and Russia would be a “different kind of war” and have tremendous negative consequences for humanity.

The EU is expected to convene an emergency meeting of energy ministers as gas prices hit an all-time European high of above €321 per megawatt per hour on Friday, a staggering rise ten times higher than last year’s price, threatening to send the region’s economy into a deep recession. The new record prices follow a surprising announcement by Russia’s state-controlled energy corporation Gazprom which said it would soon shut down Nord Stream 1–which pipes gas from Russia to Germany–for a three-day maintenance operation, performed alongside Siemens. French energy giant TotalEnergies is selling its stake in a Siberian gas field , owned in a joint venture with Novatek, to the Russian oil and gas company, the French energy firm said on Friday, as criticism poured in over its business dealings in Russia.

A spokesperson declined to comment on whether the company would do anything with its 19% share in Novatek itself, or any of its other businesses in the country. TotalEnergies became the center of a scandal after a report by the French newspaper Le Monde alleged that it helped produce gas condensate that was eventually made into jet fuel which was used by Russian forces to attack Ukraine, even after EU members, including France, had levied sanctions against Russia. Katya Soldak Forbes Ukraine Editorial Standards Print Reprints & Permissions.