Live Updates Russia S War In Ukraine

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken called on Russia on Monday to honor its nuclear arms control commitments, accusing Moscow of a “reckless, dangerous nuclear sword” in its war in Ukraine and warning of the negative impact it would have has the war on at this month’s conference to recommit to the importance of nuclear non-proliferation. In remarks at the opening of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference at the United Nations, the top US diplomat noted that Russia had joined the other nuclear powers of the NPT — the United States, the United Kingdom, France and China— in a joint statement in January, stressing the importance of avoiding nuclear war and arms races. “Next month, Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine and engaged in reckless, dangerous nuclear saber-rattling, with its president warning that those who support Ukraine’s self-defense risk consequences the likes of which you have never seen as a whole. story,” Blinken said. Blinken said Russia’s war violates the UN Charter, the rules-based international order and the Budapest Memorandum, the 1994 agreement under which Russia pledged to respect Ukraine’s sovereignty and Kyiv agreed to forfeit its nuclear arsenal. “What message does that send to any country around the world that might think it needs to have nuclear weapons to protect, to defend, to deter aggression against its sovereignty and independence? The worst possible message. And so it’s directly related to what’s happening here this month at the United Nations,” he said. “Most recently, we saw Russia’s aggression with the seizure of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, the largest such plant in all of Europe,” Blinken continued. “Russia is now using the plant as a military base to shoot at Ukrainians, knowing they cannot and will not fight back because they might accidentally hit a reactor or highly radioactive waste in storage.” “This takes the idea of having a human shield to a whole different and horrific level,” he said. Blinken contrasted Moscow’s actions with those of the US, which he said sought to avoid escalation “by abandoning previously planned ICBM tests and not raising the alert status of our nuclear forces in response to Russian saber-rattling.” “There is no place in our world, there is no place in our world for nuclear deterrence based on coercion, intimidation or blackmail,” he said.

title: “Live Updates Russia S War In Ukraine " ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-25” author: “James Smith”

Humanity is only “one miscalculation from nuclear annihilation,” the United Nations Secretary-General has warned. Geopolitical threats, including the climate crisis, the Covid-19 pandemic and armed conflict, are putting the world at risk of a nuclear threat not seen since the height of the Cold War, according to Antonio Guterres. “Today, humanity is only a misunderstanding, a miscalculation away from nuclear annihilation,” Guterres said at the opening of the United Nations conference on the nuclear treaty at his headquarters in New York. On Monday, International Atomic Energy Agency chief Rafael Grossi and US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken were among those gathered for the 10th annual review of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. “The climate crisis, stark inequalities, conflict and human rights abuses and the personal and economic devastation caused by the Covid-19 pandemic have put our world under more stress than it has faced in our lifetimes” , Guterres said. “Humanity is in danger of forgetting the lessons learned in the terrible fires of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.” Guterres added that “geopolitical tensions are reaching new highs” and “distrust has replaced dialogue.” “States seek false security in stockpiling and spending hundreds of billions of dollars on weapons that have no place on our planet.” Nearly 13,000 nuclear weapons are now in arsenals around the world, Guterres added, citing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and crises in the Middle East and the Korean peninsula as areas where nuclear tons are “going nuclear.” He listed five “areas of action” that are central to the treaty. This includes a firm commitment to strengthening and reaffirming the 77-year-old rule against the use of nuclear weapons, working towards the goal of eliminating nuclear weapons, addressing simmering tensions in the Middle East and Asia, promoting the peaceful use of nuclear technology for medical and other uses and fulfillment of all outstanding commitments in the treaty itself. “We need the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons more than ever. That’s why this review conference is so important. It’s an opportunity to collect the measures that will help avoid certain disasters.”

title: “Live Updates Russia S War In Ukraine " ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-27” author: “Monique Tuttle”

The first cargo of grain to leave Ukraine’s Black Sea port of Odessa since Russia’s invasion began passed inspection by the Joint Coordination Center (JCC) in Istanbul on Wednesday, Ukrainian and Turkish officials said. Turkey’s Defense Ministry said on Tuesday that an inspection of the M/V Razoni would be carried out by a delegation consisting of representatives of Turkey, the Russian Federation, Ukraine and the United Nations. “The RAZONI ship has passed the inspection of the Joint Coordination Center and is ready to proceed to its destination,” Ukraine’s Infrastructure Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov said on Facebook. The Turkish Defense Ministry said in a tweet that the inspection of the mission had been completed and that the ship would head next to Lebanon. The three-hour inspection included an assessment of the ship’s crew and cargo and recording “valuable information about the ship’s journey” along the Black Sea corridor agreed by the JCC, according to a statement from the center. “The JCC will use this voyage in its ongoing work on coordination processes and procedures to enable the continued safe passage of merchant ships through the Black Sea under the Initiative,” the statement said. Three ports in Ukraine are scheduled to resume exporting millions of tons of wheat, corn and other crops, the statement added. The M/V Razoni departed the port of Odessa on Monday, carrying more than 26,000 tons of corn. After a delay due to bad weather, it arrived in Istanbul on Tuesday afternoon. The ship is next heading to the port of Tripoli in Lebanon. The inspection team boards the vessel, which was carrying a cargo of more than 26,000 tonnes of corn, in the Black Sea on Wednesday. (Ali Atmaca/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) “This is the first ship to pass through the ‘grain corridor’ agreed with the UN and Turkey. Thanks to the Armed Forces of Ukraine and port services, RAZONI arrived safely in the Bosphorus, where it was inspected by representatives of the JCC,” Ukrainian Infrastructure Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov said on Facebook. “Using RAZONI as an example, all necessary control and coordination measures between Ukraine and the signatory partners — the UN and Turkey — are being finalized and worked out,” Kubrakov said. He added that 17 ships are loaded and awaiting permission to leave Ukraine, and that applications are being accepted for new ships to enter Ukrainian ports to load agricultural products. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called the departure of the first grain ship from the Black Sea “significant” but noted that it is “only a first step and continued implementation of the July 21 agreement facilitated by the UN is necessary to strengthen food security around the world.” “Russia must fulfill its commitments, including by facilitating unhindered exports of agricultural products from Black Sea ports,” Blinken said in a statement on Wednesday. “Russia must also end its attacks that are rendering agricultural land in Ukraine useless and destroying agricultural infrastructure,” he continued. “As long as Russia continues its aggression, the Ukrainian people and the world’s most vulnerable will continue to suffer the consequences.” CNN’s Jennifer Hansler contributed reporting to this post.

title: “Live Updates Russia S War In Ukraine " ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-17” author: “Esperanza Scheunemann”

title: “Live Updates Russia S War In Ukraine " ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-15” author: “Craig Montgomery”

White House officials believe Russia is preparing to falsify evidence to blame Ukrainian forces for the deadly explosion at Olenivka prison ahead of visits to the site by outside parties. An administration official told CNN that they expect Russia to falsify evidence, blame Ukrainian forces and even “have reason to believe that Russia would go so far as to make it appear that the Ukrainian HIMARS were at fault before the reporters arrived.” The US supplied Ukraine with the HIMARS multiple missile system earlier this year. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the attack on the prison, which is in separatist-held eastern Ukraine, was a “deliberate war crime by the Russians”. Russia has previously blamed Ukraine for the attack. UN mission: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said at a press conference on Wednesday that the United Nations is seeking to set up an investigative team to study the attack on the detention center that resulted in at least 50 deaths and dozens of injuries to Ukrainian prisoners of war . Russia and Ukraine have both called for an investigation into the attack, Guterres told reporters in New York. He added that the terms of reference for the commission would have to be accepted by Russia and Ukraine before the fact-finding mission could begin. Ukraine blames mercenary group: The Intelligence Department of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine claimed on Wednesday that the blowing up of the building where Ukrainian soldiers were held “was carried out by the fighters of the Wagner military command center using a highly flammable substance, which led to the rapid spread of fire in the premises”. Wagner is a private military contractor whose fighters have been involved in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, as well as other conflicts in Africa and the Middle East. CNN is unable to verify the claim from Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence Agency, which did not provide evidence to support its claim. What Russia says: The Russian government has rejected accusations from the White House that it falsified data. “One thing can be said here, which is absolutely obvious and absolutely proven about what happened in Olenivka. The people, that is, the Ukrainian prisoners of war, who were held there, died at the hands of the Ukrainian army,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in a call on Thursday. “Ukraine killed its soldiers in captivity. Many injured. Therefore, there is hard evidence here and there is nothing to hide,” Peskov said. In Thursday’s call, Peskov said Russia had invited the UN and ICRC to visit the site. However, in a statement issued on Wednesday, the ICRC said it had not yet accessed the site. CNN’s Uliana Pavlova contributed reporting to this post.

title: “Live Updates Russia S War In Ukraine " ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-02” author: “Jerome Thomas”

Concerns have grown after Britain’s Ministry of Defense repeated accusations by the Ukrainian military that Russian forces are using the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine to fire at military positions across the Dnieper River, but Western officials have downplayed the risk. Russian forces are likely operating in the areas adjacent to the power station and have used artillery units based in these areas to target Ukrainian territory on the west bank of the Dnipro River,” the UK Ministry of Defense (MOD) said in its latest update about the situation in Ukraine. “Russian forces likely used the wider area of the facility, particularly the neighboring town of Enerhodar, to rest their forces, using the protection status of the nuclear plant to reduce the risk to their equipment and personnel from Ukrainian attacks at night.” . The MOD’s assessment echoes accusations by the mayor of the Russian-held town of Enerhodar, Dmytro Orlov, who said in late July that Russia was using the plant as a fortress. “They (Russian forces) know very well that the Ukrainian Armed Forces will not respond to these attacks, as they can damage the nuclear power plant,” Orlov told Ukrainian Espreso TV. Mixed picture: On Thursday, Western officials downplayed the possibility of heavy fighting in and around the nuclear plant. “Russia can use the location as a safe zone, from which to conduct defense operations. Ukraine will consider very carefully how to avoid taking significant risks around the site,” the officials said. “The area of the nuclear power plant site itself is too small to be very significant in terms of progress. It could always be surrounded or bypassed by Ukraine,” the officials added. “It’s a thought and something that people need to be careful in their planning, but in no way is it going to prevent progress.” The Foreign Ministry’s concerns come after International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) director-general Rafael Grossi told The Associated Press on Tuesday that the situation at the plant was “completely out of control.” Grossi said he was trying to organize a mission, with the support of UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, to visit the plant, but explained that actually the transition was “a very complicated thing,” because it “requires understanding and cooperation ». of the Ukrainians and the Russians who occupy it. Some background: Russia seized the plant, which is the largest nuclear plant in Europe, in the early days of the war on March 5. arrived on site to help manage the plant and assist with repairs, Ukraine’s nuclear agency Energoatom said. The situation at the plant has remained complex ever since, with staff from Ukraine and Russia working side by side. Communications between the plant and the IAEA were intermittent. Military operations in the region, with a reported Ukrainian counteroffensive to seize Kherson, have made the situation even more volatile, the IAEA said. While Western officials understand some of the IAEA’s concerns, “they don’t think [the situation] it’s as terrible as it’s necessarily painted in the media right now.” Officials went on to explain that factories like the one in Zaporizhzhia are built with multiple safeguards. “So please don’t think we’re looking at the situation like Chernobyl, that’s not the case,” officials said. “We believe that overall, the conditions of this site are still fine.” CNN has reached out to Rosatom for comment, but has yet to hear back.

title: “Live Updates Russia S War In Ukraine " ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-19” author: “John Lomeli”

Ukraine accused Russian forces on Sunday of firing rockets at the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, further raising fears of an accident, a day after the United Nations watchdog warned that fighting at the occupied complex risked a “nuclear catastrophe.”
The Zaporizhzhia plant is the largest in Europe and occupies an extensive site on the Dnipro River. It has continued to operate at reduced capacity since Russian forces seized it in early March, with Ukrainian technicians remaining on the job. “Any attack on nuclear power plants is suicidal,” Guterres told reporters in Tokyo. The missiles fired on Saturday night struck near a dry storage facility where 174 barrels of spent nuclear fuel are stored, according to Energoatom, Ukraine’s state-run nuclear power company. Explosions blew out windows in parts of the factory and one worker was treated for shrapnel injuries. It was the second time in as many days that the factory had been hit. Ukrainians say several Russian attacks resisted in Donetsk: The Ukrainian military said Sunday it had inflicted casualties on Russian forces in several areas of Donetsk and repulsed their attempts to advance elsewhere. In a briefing, the General Staff of the Ukrainian armed forces said that Russian forces tried to launch several attacks in Donetsk against several settlements near Sloviansk, but Ukrainian forces pushed them back. Russia may be preparing to bring more forces to frontline, adviser Zelensky warns: Ukrainian presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak called on Germany to help boost arms supplies Sunday in an interview with German newspaper Tagesspiegel, his office said president. Podolyak said in the interview that Ukraine needs “the supply of as many modern weapons as possible” and asked for the involvement of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. “The more and faster we get heavy weapons, the faster we will be able to stop this war,” he said, warning that he believes Russia wants to “freeze the conflict for six months in order to bring new troops and weapons to the front line. “, although there has been no official indication from the Russian side. Zelensky rules out future talks if Russia holds referendums in Ukraine: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he will not hold future talks if Russia holds referendums in Russian-held regions of Ukraine — something officials in Russian territories in the eastern Donbass region have previously said of Ukraine would do. “Every week there are more and more reports that the occupiers are preparing for fake referendums in the occupied regions of the south of our country,” Zelensky said in his late-night speech on Sunday. “I want to say one very simple thing, everyone who helps the occupiers in any way to realize their intention will be held accountable. They will bear responsibility in Ukraine.” Ships loaded with Ukrainian grain head for international markets: Ukraine’s grain export through Black Sea ports resumed Monday, with the first ship leaving the southern port of Yuzhnyi under a U.N.-brokered deal to help ease the global food crisis triggered by war. Ukraine’s infrastructure ministry said the bulk carrier Sacura became the first ship to leave port since the early days of the war in February. The Sacura and Arizona, which departed from the southwestern city of Chornomorsk on Monday, are carrying 60,000 metric tons of agricultural products to international markets. Meanwhile, one of the first ships to leave the Black Sea loaded with Ukrainian grain, the Polarnet, has arrived in Turkey, according to Ukrainian officials.