Section: Special sections
Ukrainian government approved sanctions against Belarus and Russia, included Putin’s daughters
The press service of the Ministry for Reintegration of the Temporary Occupied Territories of Ukraine noted that the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine at its meeting on September 2, 2022, approved a new package of sanctions, which applies to 99 individuals and 178 legal entities, including the daughters of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Source:...
The world’s largest payment system has limited work with Russian sanctioned banks
On September 2, 2022, it became known that the world’s largest Chinese payment system UnionPay has limited work with Russian acquirer banks against which sanctions were imposed due to the war in Ukraine. Source: Representative of the bank It is noted that UnionPay has banned the service of its cards issued by foreign banks in their POS...
IAEA mission visited Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant
The IAEA mission visited the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant on September 1, 2022. The Director General of the IAEA mission has already left the plant, but 5 IAEA representatives will continue to inspect the plant. Unfortunately, Russian occupiers did not allow independent journalists to enter the territory of the occupied nuclear plant together...
Russian occupiers are shelling the route of the IAEA mission to Ukraine’s nuclear plant
The head of the Zaporizhzhia Oblast Military Administration said on September 1, 2022, that Russians are shelling the pre-agreed route of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) mission to the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in the city of Energodar (south of Ukraine). Source: Oleksandr Starukh, head of the Zaporizhzhia Oblast Military...
Ukraine’s President met with the IAEA chief, who heads the mission to Ukraine’s nuclear plant
The President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with members of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) mission, including the organization’s Director General, Rafael Grossi on August 30, 2022, that will visit the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant. Source: The President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy During the meeting, Volodymyr...
Lithuania offers to discuss a peacekeeping mission for Ukraine’s nuclear plant
The Head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania said before the meeting of EU foreign ministers in Prague on August 30, 2022, that Lithuania considers it necessary to discuss sending peacekeepers to Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant. Source: The Head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis...
Dutch forensic team will make 3 more visits to investigate Russian war crimes in Ukraine
The Dutch Ministry of Defense said on August 29, 2022, that criminal investigators from the Netherlands would make three more visits to Ukraine to assist the International Criminal Court’s investigation into war crimes during Russia’s full-scale invasion. Source: The Dutch Ministry of Defense A group of investigators will visit...
The IAEA mission departed for Ukraine’s nuclear power plant
Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency reported on August 29, 2022, on Twitter, that the IAEA mission to support and assist Ukraine’s largest Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant is on its way. Source: Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi, and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine...
Nuclear non-proliferation treaty states condemned the Russia’s aggression in Ukraine
On August 28, 2022, it became known that the member states of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) strongly condemned the unprovoked and unjustified aggressive war of the Russian Federation against Ukraine and called on the occupiers to withdraw their troops from the territory of Ukraine. Source: NPT participating states...
IAEA formed a delegation to visit Ukraine’s nuclear power plant
On August 27, 2022, it became known that the United Nations Nuclear Monitoring Organization has gathered a group of experts to visit the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, which is seized by Russians, next week. The delegation, which includes 13 experts, will be headed by the head of the nuclear agency, Rafael Mariano Grossi. Source: The United...