MOSCOW, September 25 About the safety of the Zaporozhye NPP , the course of the special operation, the honoring of the Ukrainian nationalist in Canada and a new memorable date — in the material.
Likhachev’s statements on Zaporozhye NPP to the IAEAThe head of the Rosatom corporation Alexey Likhachev and the IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi held a meeting on the sidelines of the agency’s conference in Vienna and discussed security issues at Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant.
Likhachev called the reckless actions of the Ukrainian military the only source of threats to Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant. According to him, Russia expects that the IAEA, under the leadership of Grossi, will continue to work within the framework of its mandate, despite attempts by some countries to politicize the work of the agency.
Progress of the operation Russian units destroyed up to 90 Ukrainian military personnel and two tanks in the Kherson direction over the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Defense reported. In the Kupyansky direction, Kiev lost up to 25 people and a self-propelled gun «Gvozdika».
On Monday night, the Armed Forces launched a group strike with cruise missiles and drones on the deployment points of foreign mercenaries and training points for Ukrainian saboteurs.
The Russian army repulsed two attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Krasnolimansk direction, hit concentrations of manpower and equipment of the 12th Azov special forces brigade* near Serebryansky forestry, destroying up to 55 enemy military personnel and seven pieces of equipment. In the Yuzhnodonetsk direction, fighters eliminated two groups of Ukrainian Armed Forces saboteurs, destroyed up to 125 Ukrainian military personnel and five pieces of equipment.
The Russian Aerospace Forces destroyed a Ukrainian MiG-29 fighter at the Dolgintsevo airfield near Krivoy Rog. In the Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost about 540 servicemen.
In the Zaporozhye direction, the Russian military repelled two attacks by the 71st Jaeger Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of the populated Verbovoy. Near Malaya Tokmachka, Novodanilovka and north of Rabotino, concentrations of enemy manpower and equipment of the 21st and 65th mechanized brigades of Ukraine were defeated.
Air defense forces repelled a drone attack over the Tula region, the local Ministry of Regional Security reported. Russian air defense systems destroyed two Ukrainian drones over the Kursk region and two more over the Bryansk region. Later, the Russian military department added that at about ten o’clock in the morning, air defense systems destroyed two more Ukrainian UAVs over the Kursk and Bryansk regions.
Russian air defense systems destroyed four Ukrainian drones over the Black Sea and the territory of Crimea. Later, the Ministry of Defense reported the destruction of another drone over the Black Sea. Three drones of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were intercepted over the Belgorod region.
In the Central District of Kursk, due to an attack by Ukrainian drones, several private households and the roof of an administrative building were damaged, no one was injured, another UAV fell in the Kursk region, said the regional governor Roman Starovoyt.
Several explosions were heard in Krasnodon in the LPR, classes were suspended in nearby educational institutions, the administration of the city and the Krasnodon region said.
In the world, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that neither he nor the delegation of Vladimir Zelensky were aware of the invitation to the country's parliament and plans to honor the elderly Ukrainian SS soldier, who was found by the Speaker of the House of Commons, Anthony Rota.
Russian Ambassador to Canada Oleg Stepanov said that he would demand clarification from the country's Foreign Ministry and the Prime Minister's office in connection with the invitation and honoring in parliament of a Ukrainian nationalist who served in the SS troops.
The Kremlin is outraged by the honoring of the SS man in the Canadian Parliament, this is a sloppy attitude towards memory, the crimes of Nazism have no statute of limitations, said presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov. The Russian Foreign Ministry called this case a “farce” that will end in a tragedy on a global scale.
Denmark refused to Russia not only a joint investigation into the explosions on the Nord Stream and Nord Stream 2 gas pipelines, but also the execution of the majority requests for legal assistance in this case, Russian Ambassador to Denmark Vladimir Barbin said ahead of the first anniversary of the pipeline attacks.
The diplomat added that Denmark may be afraid that in the event of a joint investigation into terrorist attacks on gas pipelines, Russia will find out circumstances that could harm Danish-American cooperation or Danish arms supplies to Ukraine. According to him, Moscow will continue to seek a comprehensive, transparent and impartial investigation into all aspects of the gas pipeline explosion.
Ukraine and third countries, in their statements on the genocide claim, misled the International Court of Justice regarding certain topics, said the representative of the Russian delegation at the trial, Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN Maria Zabolotskaya.
The International Court of Justice in The Hague began hearings on the claim of Ukraine against Moscow dated February 2022 for violation of the genocide convention in connection with the special operation. This block of hearings will focus on the preliminary objections raised by the Russian Federation and will last until 27 September.
Hungary will not support Ukraine’s position on any issue at international forums until Kyiv returns laws guaranteeing the rights of Transcarpathian Hungarians, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said. According to him, Budapest will not comply with Kiev’s request to return to the country Ukrainian citizens liable for military service who came to Hungary.
Russia asks the International Court of Justice to rule that it does not have jurisdiction to consider Ukraine’s claim against Moscow under the Convention on genocide, said the representative of the Russian delegation, Ambassador to the Netherlands Alexander Shulgin.
In Russia, the Federation Council approved the law establishing a new memorial date on September 30 — the Day of the Reunification of Russia with New Regions.
Changes are being made to the law “On Days of Military Glory and Memorial Dates in Russia.” The law proposes to establish a new memorable date on September 30 — the Day of Reunification of the Donetsk People's Republic, Lugansk People's Republic, Zaporozhye Region and Kherson Region with the Russian Federation.
The accompanying documents state that September 30, 2022 will go down in modern history as the day of admission to the Russian Federation Federation of New Regions.
* Terrorist organization banned in Russia.