An employee works at Zaporizhzhia Coke Plant, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine April 11, 2024. / Photo: ReutersPresident Vladimir Putin was quoted as saying that Russia had been obliged to launch strikes on Ukrainian energy sites in response to Kiev's attacks on Russian targets.
"The most recent attacks ... have shifted us into an acutely consequential juncture in this war," IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi said in a statement to the Board gathering. "I detect an undercurrent of self-doubt among some Americans about what your role in the world should be...At a time when our world is at history's turning point...Freedom and democracy are currently under threat around the globe."
The UN has strongly denounced Russia's continued attacks on Ukraine, citing increased civilian casualties. "Ukraine needs help, and Ukraine needs to be shown solidarity," Fico said in broadcast remarks alongside Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal after meeting in eastern Slovakia.Russia's Federal Security Service has said that Britain's Special Boat Service had been operating in Ukraine and helping Ukrainian forces carry out attempted operations against Russian forces.
Centrenergo, a company managing the plant, said in a statement the facility was completely disabled by a Russian missile strike.The Trypilska Thermal Power Plant in the Kyiv region has been completely destroyed by Russian strikes. The new EU gas market rules allow governments to temporarily stop Russian and Belarusian gas exporters from bidding for capacity on the infrastructure needed to deliver piped gas and LNG into Europe.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has renewed his appeals for fresh air defence systems on a visit to Lithuania, as his war-torn country faced ramped-up Russian bombardments of major cities.
"We said many times that the process of talks without Russia makes no sense," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.An EU court has partially annulled sanctions over the war in Ukraine on two Russian tycoons, Petr Aven and Mikhail Fridman, in a ruling slammed by a key Kremlin foe. "As a result of a hit in the city, according to preliminary information, two people died, four were injured," Mykolaiv Governor Vitaly Kim said in a post on Telegram.Russia has launched a"massive" aerial attack on Ukraine, Kiev said, hitting the northeastern city of Kharkiv again and targeting energy facilities across the country.