1 UKRAINE
‘No immediate nuclear risk’ after collapse of dam
Ukrainian and UN experts said there seemed to be no immediate safety threat to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant from the collapse of the Nova Kakhovka dam, about 200km downstream.
The Ukrainian nuclear energy corporation, Energoatom, said in a statement that the situation at the plant was “under control”, and the International Atomic Energy Agency said its experts at the site were monitoring the situation and there was “no immediate nuclear safety risk”. But there are long term concerns over safety and the possibility the plant could be operated again.
The Ukrainian government accused Russia of blowing up the dam on the Dnipro River, and called for people living downstream to evacuate in the face of catastrophic flooding. The governor of the Kherson region, Oleksandr Prokudin, said about 16,000 people were in the “critical zone” on the Ukrainian-controlled right bank of the river.
The disaster happened on the second day of Ukrainian operations likely to mark the early stages of a counteroffensive. It could affect any Ukrainian plans for an amphibious assault across the river.
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2 POLAND
Hundreds of thousands rally against rightwing leaders
Hundreds of thousands of people marched through central Warsaw to protest against the country’s rightwing populist government before a delicately poised election due later in the year.
The Law and Justice (PiS) party
