Putin 'weakened' after 'catastrophic error' - as nuclear plant being transferred into Russian control
11:50:01As we reported earlier, Russian shelling has damaged high voltage lines in Ukraine, disconnecting Europe's largest nuclear plant from the power grid.
"It's important because the Russians are aiming to disconnect the power from the Ukrainian national grid and then connect it to the Russian national grid, which is quite a complex operation. Ukraine's counter-offensive remains strong in the south, and they are pushing further towards the key city of Kherson, he added. "It's not going to be pleasant. It is going to be quite a bloody conflict going on there. He added that in the east, Ukrainians are having much more success, with Russian forces not making much progress. Russia and Ukraine are expected to hand over captured fighters later today, a Russian-installed official has said.
In a Telegram post, he explained that residents were persuaded to leave because of heavy shelling attacks by Russian forces. "In Stelmakhivka, the issue is closed - the village is empty."Russia has not committed to staying in the Ukraine grain export deal beyond its current expiry date, the Kremlin has said.
Meanwhile, Russia's foreign minister Sergei Lavrov urged the United Nations to step up its efforts to ensure Western countries ease restrictions on its own agricultural and fertiliser exports, which also formed part of the deal. However, he indicated that hopes for a longer-term increase in defence spending to 3% of national income by 2030 have been eclipsed by the immediate need to prevent rising inflation, as well as foreign exchange rates eroding the value of the tens of billions of pounds that have already been committed to defence.
Instead, the new leader has made clear that he and his chancellor will be taking tough decisions on spending plans across all departments because of the UK’s dire economic woes.He revealed to the Defence Select Committee that he is due to meet with Jeremy Hunt today, but the timing of the meeting has not yet been made public.
In an update on Russian losses, Ukraine's Defence Ministry said around 2,734 tanks, 5,552 armoured combat vehicles and 1,442 drones have also been destroyed. Obtaining data about losses on the battlefield is particularly difficult, and each side in a war will have a vested interest in making the numbers suit their needs.
"We remind you that the consumption restrictions are necessary to reduce the load on the networks, to ensure sustainable balancing of the energy system and to avoid repeated accidents after the power grids were damaged by missile attacks and drone attacks by the Russians," it said in aThe company explained that such measures allow damaged facilities to be restored"as quickly as possible".
Repeated shelling of the plant has raised the possibility of an accident, just 300 miles from the site of the world's worst nuclear accident – the 1986 Chernobyl disaster. Russian forces took control of the plant in early March, but Ukrainian staff continue to operate it. The discussions on Russian talk shows are all about making UK pay - so what does the British ambassador's visit tell us?Russia's Foreign Ministry has said the British ambassador, Deborah Bronnert, was summoned to its offices this morning.
As the ambassador attended that meeting, Nikolai Patrushev, Russia's Security Council Chief and the most hawkish of Vladimir Putin's advisors, held a meeting of his Commonwealth of Independent States counterparts. The CIS was founded after dissolution of the Soviet Union and has nine member states, including Moldova, Belarus and Kazakhstan.
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