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1646833955’No critical impact on safety’ from Chernobyl power cut – nuclear watchdog

The International Atomic Energy Agency says it sees “no critical impact on safety” from the power cut at the decommissioned Chernobyl nuclear plant in Ukraine.

The Vienna-based UN nuclear watchdog said Wednesday that Ukraine had informed it of the loss of electricity and that the development violates a “key safety pillar on ensuring uninterrupted power supply.”

However, it tweeted that “in this case IAEA sees no critical impact on safety.”

The IAEA said that there could be “effective heat removal without need for electrical supply” from spent nuclear fuel at the site.

1646833522Ukraine accuses Russia of holding civilians ‘hostage’ in Mariupol

Ukraine’s foreign minister, Dmytro Kuleba, has accused Russian troops of holding 400,000 civilians hostage in the besieged port city of Mariupol.

Writing on social media, Mr Kuleba said: “Russia continues holding hostage over 400,000 people in Mariupol, blocks humanitarian aid and evacuation.

“Indiscriminate shelling continues”. Almost 3.000 newborn babies lack medicine and food.

“I urge the world to act! Force Russia to stop its barbaric war on civilians and babies!”

1646832877British soldiers who go AWOL to fight in Ukraine ‘breaking law’

Serving British soldiers who leave their posts to fight in Ukraine will be breaking the law, Mr. Wallace has also said.

It comes adter reports that three members of the Armed Forces had gone AWOL to fight in Ukraine, including a member of the Coldstream Guards.

He said: “They will be breaking the law and they will be prosecuted when they return for going absent without leave or deserting.

“For others, as the Government travel advice is don’t go to Ukraine, we strongly discourage them from joining these forces. My experience from having been security minister is people who went off to join the YPG and other organisations: it didn’t end well.

“It is also the case that, as a number are now discovering, the Ukrainians are very clear: you turn up, you are in it for the whole game. You are not in it for a selfie and six weeks, you are in it for real.”

1646832876British soldiers who go AWOL to fight in Ukraine ‘breaking law’

Serving British soldiers who leave their posts to fight in Ukraine will be breaking the law, Mr. Wallace has also said.

It comes adter reports that three members of the Armed Forces had gone AWOL to fight in Ukraine, including a member of the Coldstream Guards.

He said: “They will be breaking the law and they will be prosecuted when they return for going absent without leave or deserting.

“For others, as the Government travel advice is don’t go to Ukraine, we strongly discourage them from joining these forces. My experience from having been security minister is people who went off to join the YPG and other organisations: it didn’t end well.

“It is also the case that, as a number are now discovering, the Ukrainians are very clear: you turn up, you are in it for the whole game. You are not in it for a selfie and six weeks, you are in it for real.”

1646832756 ‘Disgraceful’ Russian generals ‘criminally responsible’ and should face justice – Defense Secretary

Asked whether he considers reports of bodies lying in the streets of Mairupol as credible evidence of war crimes by Russia, defense secretary Ben Wallace

Responding to a question by Tory MP John Whittingdale, Mr. Wallace said: “I think the open source evidence of civilian bodies and actually abandoned Russian dead by their own forces is a crime in itself.

“What a disgrace, that the Russian generals have abandoned those young men to be killed. That’s the leadership of the Russian Army that deserves to be in court for betraying their own soldiers and at the same time for what they’re doing to the civilians of Ukraine.

“They’re criminally responsible and I hope they face justice”.

1646832190’All options’ under consideration for energy says No 10 on fracking

No 10 has said “all options” are under consideration when asked whether UK fracking could resume amid Russian oil being phased out by the end of the year.

A spokesman for the Prime Minister said he would “not get ahead of the energy supply strategy that we will set out in the coming days but, as you would expect, we will obviously consider all options.”

Asked if the comments amounted to a “significant change” in approach by the UK Government, the No 10 spokesperson replied: “The moratorium on fracking remains in place.

“But as I say, you would expect the Prime Minister to look at all options given what has happened in Ukraine, given the rising cost in oil and gas, the wholesale prices and the effect that is having here in the UK.

“And he has been clear that he will set out an energy supply strategy.”

1646832024Downing St: 957 visas given to Ukrainian refugees

Downing Street said the UK has now given 957 Ukrainians visas as they flee the Russian invasion.

The Prime Minister’s official spokesman said: “The last figure I saw was 957.”

Earlier Wednesday, Boris Johnson vowed that the number of visas given to Ukrainian refugees would rise “sharply” after the Home Office was criticized over its schemes.

1646830693Government ‘has supplied over 3,000 anti-tank missiles’

Defense Secretary Ben Wallace has told the House of Commons that Britain has now supplied 3,615 anti-tank weapons to Ukraine.

He said the UK will shortly be supplying a small consignment of Javelin anti-tank missiles and is looking at sending Starstreak high-velocity manned portable anti-air missiles.

1646829047Britons will be able to ‘offer home to Ukrainians fleeing war’

The prime minister says that Britons will be given a way to “offer a home to Ukrainians fleeing the war”.

The details are being worked on by levelling up secretary Michael Gove and will be revealed in the coming says, Mr Johnson says.

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