UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for international inspectors to be allowed access to Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant. He made this call at a press conference in Japan on Monday in the context of the shelling of the largest nuclear power plant in Europe by Ukraine and Russia for several weeks. News from The Guardian.
“Any attack on a nuclear facility is suicidal,” Guterres said. At the time, he urged Russia and Ukraine to allow members of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) access to the facility. The power plant is at risk of destruction as Zaporizhzhya, Ukraine, has become one of the centers of Russian aggression.
Meanwhile, Dmitry Medvedev, who is known to be close to President Vladimir Putin, commented that the goal of the United States and its Western allies is to ‘destroy Russia’. He made this comment in an interview given to the Russian news agency TASS. Stating that a special military operation is being conducted ‘to establish peace’, he said that Russia will achieve its goal in Ukraine. In this context, uncertainty about the war in Ukraine has increased. The Kremlin said that there is no possibility of a meeting between Russian President Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Al Jazeera reported yesterday that a meeting may take place through the mediation of Turkish President Erdogan.
Turkey will buy gas in rubles: Turkey has agreed to buy gas in rubles, the Russian currency. Part of the gas price will be paid in rubles. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced this after a meeting with Russian President Putin. According to Deutsche Welle, this matter was informed during Erdogan’s four-hour meeting with Putin. However, what percentage of the gas price will be paid in rubles has not been reported.
