​Russian forces have been bombing Ukrainian cities across the river from the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, Ukrainian officials said, as shelling around the plant heightened fears of a radiation disaster. President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi held a secret meeting with the leadership of the defense and security of Ukraine on Sunday. The meeting was attended by the heads of the Armed Forces, intelligence agencies, the Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Security Service of Ukraine, as well as other defense forces.

Ukrainian military personnel on armored personnel carriers – War in UkrainePhoto: David Goldman / AP – The Associated Press / Profimedia

Highlights of Monday, the 187th day of the Ukrainian war, LIVETEXT:

11:30 in the eveningDmytro Medvedev sent a “bitter greeting” to Europe: “Gas will reach 5,000 euros by the end of the year”

A brief summary of the most important news of the past day:

  • The EU is preparing to suspend the agreement with Russia on tourist visas, the Financial Times reported on Sunday
  • Austria asks the EU to separate the price of electricity from the price of gas
  • The UN watchdog is awaiting permission for its officials to visit the plant “to help stabilize the nuclear safety situation there.”
  • After the new explosions in Zaporizhzhia, the level of radiation in the area of ​​the NPP did not increase
  • As reported, Russia has resumed air operations at the Saka military base in Crimea, which was hit by heavy Ukrainian strikes two weeks ago.
  • NATO and the US want to increase their presence in the Arctic in the context of increased Russian military activity in the region
  • Millions of tons of Ukrainian grain are transported through the Danube
  • The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Dmytro Kuleba, said that the Russians turned the Zaporizhia NPP into a military base
  • Russia would be able to send the S-300 system across the Bosphorus to the Black Sea in conditions where Turkey has banned the transit of warships.