Live War in Ukraine, Day 462 | New massive attack by Ukrainians in Russian Belgorod region, Sust

Any plan to open talks to end Russia’s war on Ukraine must take into account the need for a full withdrawal of Russian troops from its territory, as without this the conflict will “freeze”, the head of the commission said in Bratislava, Europe, on Wednesday. Ursula van der Leyen.

“A cease-fire that freezes the conflict will not bring permanent peace. A cease-fire is inherently unstable and will destabilize the region on the front lines. No one will invest or rebuild, and the conflict could flare up again at any time. No, a reasonable withdrawal of Russian troops and their equipment from Ukrainian territory would result in There must be peace,” insisted Ursula van der Leyen.

Rafael Grosi, director of the UN’s International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), on Tuesday asked Ukraine and Russia to respect five principles to protect the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant. Reuters reports.

“We are lucky not to have had another nuclear accident,” said Raffaele Grossi, according to AFP, recalling that the power plant occupied by the Russian military was cut off seven times and had to rely on emergency generators. “Last line against nuclear accident” to cool nuclear reactor.

The IAEA’s Five Principles for Avoiding Nuclear Accidents are thus established. “The IAEA intends to begin monitoring the application of these principles through its on-site work,” he added.

“We respectfully and wholeheartedly request both sides to support these principles,” he stressed. “I urge the distinguished members of the Security Council to support them without hesitation,” the IAEA director added.

Kherson regional military administration sent in a message on Wednesday telegramIn other words, in the last 24 hours, the Russian army bombed the area 49 times.

“Russian aggressors bombed peaceful settlements in Kherson region 49 times. 219 artillery shells, MLRS, mortars, tanks, drones and aircraft were launched. Enemies attacked Kherson twice, dropping five bombs inside the city. Russian army and people of the region It targeted residential areas in residential areas,” the statement said.

At least five people were killed and 19 wounded in a Ukrainian bombing raid on a chicken farm in the occupied Ukrainian region of Luhansk between Tuesday and Wednesday night, Moscow-based officials said. Guardian.

Russian Interfax news agency reports that four rockets from the Himars division of the Ukrainian army hit the Karpaty village, according to local occupation officials.

“24 people were killed – five dead and 19 injured in the shelling of the village of Karbati (35 kilometers west of Luhansk) by Ukrainian armed groups,” the Russian Center for Security Situation Control in the Luhansk region reported.

The Russians have lost about 207,910 soldiers in the war since the large-scale invasion on February 24, the General Staff of Ukraine’s armed forces said in a Facebook message on Wednesday.

The number of Russian soldiers killed in fighting in Ukraine is 470 more than the previous day, according to the Ukrainian military.

Also, according to the Ukrainians, the Russian army lost 3,802 tanks, 7,472 armored vehicles, 3,460 artillery systems, 313 aircraft, 298 helicopters and 3,124 drones.

Four people were wounded in a “massive attack” on the town of Shebekino in Russia’s southwestern Belgorod region, Governor Vyacheslav Kladkov said in a telegram, CNN cited.

“The situation in Sebekino is getting worse. The city was hit heavily during the night (no – from Tuesday to Wednesday). Four people were injured. Everyone is being helped,” Vyseslav Kladkov said.

According to the Russian official, of the four victims, a man is in critical condition, with shrapnel wounds to the neck and back, and a woman with shrapnel wounds to her arm and forearm.

Also, according to the balance sent by the Russian authorities, as a result of the Ukrainian bombing, eight blocks, four houses, a school and two administrative buildings were damaged.

A fire at an oil refinery in Russia’s Krasnodar region has been extinguished after a possible drone strike, Krasnodar Governor Veniamin Kondratiev said, CNN reports.

Kondrativ said in a telegram early Wednesday that the fire broke out at the Afipsky refinery in Seversky district and there were no casualties.

“One of the fuel oil filtration units caught fire,” Kondratiev of Veniam said, adding that “firefighters, MES and emergency services” were working to extinguish the fire.

A Russian official later said the fire at the Afipsky refinery was “completely extinguished”.

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine sent a statement on Wednesday Facebook22 enemy attacks have been repulsed in the last 24 hours.

“In total, in the last 24 hours, the enemy launched 64 airstrikes and one missile. The probability of launching missiles and airstrikes across the territory of Ukraine is high. The enemy continues to focus its main efforts on attempts to fully occupy the Luhansk and Donetsk regions. “On the previous day, units of the security forces repulsed 22 enemy attacks,” the statement said.

The head of British diplomacy, James Wise, said on Tuesday that Ukraine has the right to strike targets on Russian territory in self-defense, according to the DPA.

“Ukraine has a legitimate right to defend itself. It also has a right to project forces beyond its borders to undermine Russia’s ability to project forces inside Ukraine,” a member of the conservative ruling party wisely said. The United Kingdom during a press conference with its Estonian counterpart, Markus Sagna, in Tallinn, the capital of Estonia.

“Therefore, legitimate targets beyond its own borders are part of Ukraine’s defense. We must recognize this,” James wisely said.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday that he was “supporting genocide” in Ukraine by backing President Volodymyr Zelensky’s peace plan, which he said would “destroy everything Russia” in eastern Ukraine and Crimea. Reuters News.

“The conclusion is very simple: the West directly supports genocide,” said Lavrov, who is on a tour of Africa.

Zelensky’s peace plan calls for the withdrawal of Russian forces from all Ukrainian territory, including the Crimean peninsula, which Moscow forcibly annexed in 2014.

A pro-Russian official in occupied Melitopol reported hearing a series of explosions in the city, CNN reported.

“Noise in Melitopol! A series of explosions were heard in the city. One of them was very strong,” Vladimir Rokov, who is part of the Zaporozhye region’s civil-military administrative committee, said in a telegram.

“According to preliminary information, the cause of the Melitopol explosions was an attempt by the Ukrainian Armed Forces to launch a missile attack on the city,” he added, adding that Russia’s air defenses had worked.

For his part, the Ukrainian mayor of Melitopol, Ivan Fedorov, reported hearing loud explosions throughout the city.

Heavy explosions were reported in occupied Melitopol late on Tuesday, with a pro-Russian official accusing “Ukrainian armed forces of trying to launch a rocket attack on the city”. At the same time, Ukrainians announced that the death toll after Russian drone strikes in Ukraine between Monday and Tuesday night was at least 4 dead and 34 injured.

The head of British diplomacy, James Wise, said on Tuesday that Ukraine has the right to strike targets on Russian territory in self-defense, according to the DPA.

“Ukraine has a legitimate right to defend itself. It also has a right to project forces beyond its borders to undermine Russia’s ability to project forces inside Ukraine,” a member of the conservative ruling party wisely said. The United Kingdom during a press conference with its Estonian counterpart, Markus Sagna, in Tallinn, the capital of Estonia.

“Therefore, legitimate targets beyond its own borders are part of Ukraine’s defense. We must recognize this,” James wisely said.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday that he was “supporting genocide” in Ukraine by backing President Volodymyr Zelensky’s peace plan, which he said would “destroy everything Russia” in eastern Ukraine and Crimea. Reuters News.

“The conclusion is very simple: the West directly supports genocide,” said Lavrov, who is on a tour of Africa.

Zelensky’s peace plan calls for the withdrawal of Russian forces from all Ukrainian territory, including the Crimean peninsula, which Moscow forcibly annexed in 2014.

A pro-Russian official in occupied Melitopol reported hearing a series of explosions in the city, CNN reported.

“Noise in Melitopol! A series of explosions were heard in the city. One of them was very strong,” Vladimir Rokov, who is part of the Zaporozhye region’s civil-military administrative committee, said in a telegram.

“According to preliminary information, the cause of the Melitopol explosions was an attempt by the Ukrainian Armed Forces to launch a missile attack on the city,” he added, adding that Russia’s air defenses had worked.

For his part, the Ukrainian mayor of Melitopol, Ivan Fedorov, reported hearing loud explosions throughout the city.