Russia-Ukraine War: Russian Attack On Europe's Largest Nuclear Power Plant

According to its operators, Europe's largest nuclear power plant has been hit by shells. According to the authorities, the situation was brought under control.

After a fire, the situation in Europe's largest nuclear power plant in Zaporizhia, Ukraine, which was hit by a Russian attack, is "secured" according to the authorities. 

The manager of the power plant said that firefighters had reached the plant, the head of the regional military administration, Oleksander Staruch, wrote on Facebook on Friday night. According to the power plant management, the fire broke out in a building for training events and a laboratory.

Russia: Was China Aware Of Russia's Plans To Invade Ukraine?

The New York Times echoes an intelligence report according to which Chinese officials asked their Russian counterparts not to invade Ukraine before the end of the Olympics.

Less than 24 hours after the end of the Winter Olympics in Beijing, Vladimir Putin announced that he recognized the independence of the self-proclaimed breakaway republics of Donetsk and Lugansk. Four days later, Russia had already unleashed a triple invasion of Ukraine from the north, east and south.

There were many rumors that senior Chinese officials, before the start of the Games, had asked their Russian colleagues not to provoke any military conflict in Ukraine during the Olympics. From Moscow, officially, they denied those rumors. From Beijing, they kept silent.

Putin And Biden Ease The Tension

The telephone conversation between the two is considered the prelude to the meetings between Russia and the United States in Geneva on January 10.

Russian President Vladimir Putin told his US counterpart, Joe Biden, that Russia wants security "guarantees" and that if it continues to deploy missiles in Central Europe, Moscow will react the same way Washington would if it did offensive weapons. were placed near its borders.

According to Russian government media published last night, Yuri Ushakov, Putin's international relations adviser, said after the meeting that "President Biden clearly stated that the United States has no intention of deploying strategic offensive weapons [missiles] in Ukraine."

Pentagon Boss Has Deadly Attack In Syria Checked

Many civilians were killed in the air strike in 2019 - something the military tried to cover up, according to a media report. Now it is about possible legal consequences.

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has ordered a re-investigation into a deadly US military air strike in Syria in March 2019. 

According to his spokesman, John Kirby, General Michael Garrett was tasked with the examination. This should decide within 90 days whether those involved should be held accountable. Many civilians, including children, were killed in the attack.

The US Military Has Covered Up Civilian Casualties In Airstrikes In Syria, The New York Times Reported

The New York Times has revealed that the US military has concealed the facts of two airstrikes in the war-torn country of Syria in which 64 people, including women and children, were killed.

According to the foreign news agency 'Reuters', the air strikes were carried out in 2019 to justify the action against ISIS.

According to the New York Times, US airstrikes could potentially be considered a war crime.

According to the report, two air strikes near the town of Baghoz were ordered by an undercover US special operations unit tasked with ground operations in Syria.

The New York Times reported that the US Central Command, which oversees US air operations in Syria, acknowledged for the first time this week that the attacks were justified.