The Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that the restoration of full security at the Zaporozhe nuclear power plant – under the control of Russian forces – may begin with the international mission, warning that if the Russian blackmail with radiation continues, this summer could go down in the history of various European countries as one of the most tragic. The Russian President Vladimir Putin has agreed with inspectors from the International Energy Agency visiting the plant, still operated by Ukrainian personnel. It remains close to the front line and has been hit by shells several times in recent weeks, raising fears of a nuclear disaster. Ukraine and Russia have blamed each other for the bombings in and around the nuclear reactor complex in the south. On the ground, Kyiv reports that, on Friday, the Ukrainian air forces struck several times the positions of the Russian occupiers in the south of the country. At the same time, the city of Nikopol (south) was bombed by the Russians this morning. Explosions were also heard in Yevpatoria, a city in Crimea, and also in Dnipro (center). Meanwhile, Cyprus and Greece are rallying behind Germany to oppose blocking visas for the Russian tourists who want to visit the EU, rejecting Ukraine’s call for such a ban. At the same time, the mayors of Marseille, Lyon, Athens, Florence, Helsinki, Oslo, Riga and Tirana signed, on Friday, in Kyiv, an agreement protocol for the sustainable reconstruction of Ukrainian cities.
Eugen Cojocariu, Radio Romania International
