The Screaming Eagles are scheduled to deploy in Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary and Slovakia to protect NATO's eastern flank, reassure our allies, and deter our adversaries, according to the US Mission to NATO.
Ukraine has been warning of a heightened risk of a nuclear accident at the Zaporizhzhia NPP. In a joint statement, 42 countries all members of the EU, the UK, Norway, Australia, Japan, New Zealand, and other countries demanded that Russian forces withdraw from the nuclear power plant. We ask the Russian Federation to immediately withdraw its military forces and all other unauthorised personnel from the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, its immediate surroundings, and all of Ukraine, so that the operator and the legitimate operating staff can perform their duties without any outside interference, threat or unacceptably harsh working conditions. The statement says that this will allow the IAEA to carry out its verification pursuant to Ukraine's safeguards obligations under safe and secure conditions. According to Maria Zakharova, a Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman, the West is doing everything possible to not allow an IAEA mission to reach the ZaporizhzhiaNuclear Power Plant, while Moscow is sparing no effort to organize such a visit, as reported by the Russian TASS news agency.
According to data from the Ukrainian General Staff, the Ukrainian army has successfully repulsed Russian army advances in five directions, while the Russian army is continuing to shell settlements with tanks and artillery.
The first UN-chartered ship has left the Ukrainian port of Pivdennyi loaded with 23,000 tons of wheat and bound for Ethiopia. A total of 16 ships have left Ukraine, including the Bulgarian ship Rojen, after an agreement was reached with the mediation of the UN and Turkey.