WAR IN UKRAINE: August 27, 2022
LATEST DEVELOPMENTS: Day 185
Europe faced the prospect of a radiation disaster on Thursday when a Russian-occupied nuclear plant was disconnected from Ukraine's power grid, President Volodomyr Zelensky has said. However, as I’ve tweeted, Ukrainian experts have said that with the ZNPP disconnected from the national power grid, that the country should not feel the impact unless Russian forces turn to bombing coal-fired plants
As Europe's energy costs skyrocket, Russia is burning off large amounts of natural gas, according to analysis shared with BBC News. The practice has baffled some experts. The flare has been spotted hundred of kilometres away.
Putin and Shoigu fired at least 6 generals for slow progress in the war against Ukraine, according to British intelligence. It is noted that Russia's progress has stalled because of bad military actions and fierce fighting on the part of Ukraine, and not because the Russian Federation supposedly cares about citizens and thus "tries to reduce civilian casualties."
The European Union will hold emergency talks to address the energy crisis brought on by Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
The Ukrainian General Staff said Russian forces conducted unsuccessful offensive operations in the direction of Slavyansk in Donetsk and continued attacking Kharkiv, Kramatorsk, Novopavlovsk, Zaporizhzhya, and Yuzhnobuz with artillery, tank, and rocket fire.
Since Feb. 24, Ukraine has shipped one million tonnes of foodstuffs from its three Black Sea ports under the UN-backed grain deal, President Volodymyr Zelensky said during his evening address on Aug. 26. The Black Sea Grain Initiative was signed on July 22 and the first ship left Ukraine on Aug. 1 - Kyiv Independent
The Russian military's extensive use of cluster munitions in the war in Ukraine has brought about lasting harm and suffering to hundreds of civilians, Human Rights Watch said in a report released on August 25.
Required reading…
The Mysterious Murder of Darya Dugina
Whoever killed Dugina likely meant to kill her more famous father, but that reveals little about the motives and identities of the perpetrators.
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