ANKARA/KYIV—Two more ships carrying grain have left Ukraine’s Chornomorsk port, Turkey’s Defense Ministry said on Saturday, bringing the total number of vessels to leave Ukraine’s Black Sea ports under a U.N.-brokered grain export deal to 27. The Zumrut Ana and MV Ocean S, which are authorized to depart on Aug. 20, were loaded with 6,300…
A Second Chernobyl
Commentary Ukraine, the scene of the Chernobyl nuclear plant catastrophe in 1986, may soon provide an encore, only this time it won’t be an accident. The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power complex, Europe’s largest, has been bombarded by artillery, rockets, and drones during the Russian-Ukraine War. Shelling Zaporizhzhia “is completely unacceptable and must be avoided,” warned the United…
Explosions Rock Russian-Held Areas Far From Ukraine War Front
KYIV—Explosions erupted overnight near military bases deep in Russian-held areas of Ukraine and Russia itself. Ukraine issued a warning about a frontline nuclear power station where it said it believed Moscow was planning a “large-scale provocation” as justification to decouple the plant from the Ukrainian power grid and connect it to Russia’s. Continuing the mutual…
Federal Judge Orders Redacted Version of Trump FBI Search Warrant; Elderly Woman Drives into MA Mall | NTD Good Morning
More details about the FBI search of former President Trump’s home. A federal judge gives government officials one week to provide a redacted version of the Affidavit. A driver’s wrong turn takes her inside a shopping mall in Massachusetts. Police say the elderly woman was confused. Ukraine and Russia are warning of a “provocation” at…
Russia Says It Could Shut Frontline Nuclear Plant; Kyiv Says That Risks Disaster
KYIV/LVIV, Ukraine—Russia said on Thursday it could shut down Europe’s largest nuclear power station after it came under shelling at the front lines in Ukraine, a move Kyiv said would increase the risk of a nuclear catastrophe there. Moscow also rejected international calls for a demilitarised zone around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, which it…
Russia’s Defense Ministry Says It May Shut Down Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant If Shelling Continues
MOSCOW—Russia’s Defense Ministry said on Thursday that the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine may be shut down if Ukrainian forces continue shelling the facility, something Kyiv has denied doing. In a briefing, Igor Kirillov, head of Russia’s radioactive, chemical and biological defense forces, said the plant’s back-up support systems had been damaged as…
LA City Council Approves Donation of Military Equipment to Ukraine
LOS ANGELES—The Los Angeles City Council approved a donation of military equipment to the Ukrainian army Aug. 17. The council voted to donate 526 ballistic helmets, 378 ballistic vests, and 1,830 chemical suits to the First-in-Fire Foundation, which will send the equipment to Ukraine for use against the ongoing Russian invasion. The equipment is surplus…
Russia Says ‘No Need’ to Use Nuclear Weapons in Ukraine
MOSCOW—Russia has “no need” to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine, its defense minister said on Tuesday, describing media speculation that Moscow might deploy nuclear or chemical weapons in the conflict as “absolute lies.” “From a military point of view, there is no need to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine to achieve the set goals. The…
First Post-Blockade Food Aid Ship Leaves Ukraine for Africa
KYIV/ISTANBUL—The ship Brave Commander has left the Ukrainian port of Pivdennyi, carrying the first cargo of humanitarian food aid bound for Africa from Ukraine since Russia’s invasion, Refinitiv Eikon data showed on Tuesday. Ukraine’s grain exports have slumped since the start of the war because of the closure of its Black Sea ports, driving up…
Putin: US Trying to Drag out Situation in Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin, on Tuesday, accused the U.S. of trying to prolong the situation in Ukraine as part of what he described as part of Washington’s alleged efforts to maintain its global hegemony. “The situation in Ukraine shows that the US is trying to prolong this conflict. They operate in exactly the same way,…
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