RFE/RL's Live Briefinggives you all of the latest developments on Russia's ongoing invasion, Kyiv's counteroffensive, Western military aid, global reaction, Russian protests, and the plight of civilians. "We cannot aid vulnerable communities when our aid workers are hiding from a barrage of bombs and in fear of repeated attacks," said the organization's secretary-general, Jan Egeland.Ī spokesperson for the UN refugee agency said its operations were continuing. The International Committee of the Red Cross, which has some 700 staffers on the ground in Ukraine, said its teams at 10 locations had suspended operations.Īnd the Norwegian Refugee Council, which has aid workers in several of the cities targeted by the Russian strikes, said it was halting all operations until it is safe to continue. The United Nations' humanitarian office said on October 10 that the wave of attacks "impacted humanitarian operations across Ukraine, particularly hampering the movement of aid workers and delivery of emergency supplies in the east of the country, where people are in desperate need of assistance." The early morning strikes on infrastructure and urban residential areas hit major cities across Ukraine, including Kyiv, killing at least 14 people and injuring 97, according to Ukraine's Interior Ministry late on October 10. The work of international aid organizations operating in Ukraine has been disrupted by missile strikes launched by Russia at cities across the country. Iranian officials have offered no public evidence to support the spying accusations. Kohler and Paris were arrested in early May in Tehran while on vacation sightseeing in the Islamic republic. On October 6, the state-run IRNA news agency published a video showing two French citizens, Cecile Kohler and Jacques Paris, "confessing" to being spies and fomenting unrest in Iran. Iran has repeatedly accused outside forces of stoking the protests, without showing any evidence to back up its claim. Mahsa Amini died while in the custody of Iran's morality police after being arrested for "improperly" wearing the hijab, a mandatory headscarf. Protests have broken out in Iran over the last month following the death of a 22-year-old woman. There are five at the moment," Colonna told France Inter radio on October 11. "I will speak to the Iranian foreign minister this afternoon to again demand the immediate release of all our compatriots who are held in Iran. There are now five French nationals being held in Iran, French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna has said, after Paris last week said it was verifying if a fifth French national had been detained during protests in Iran.įrance last week urged its citizens to leave Iran as soon as possible, saying they were exposed to the risk of arbitrary detentions. The IAEA, which has monitors working at the plant, also did not respond. Russia did not immediately respond to the statement. Writing on Telegram, Kotin called on Russia to "stop immediately its acts of nuclear terrorism toward the management and personnel" of the plant and to release Murashov. Murashov's "detention.jeopardizes the safety of Ukraine and Europe's largest nuclear power plant," Enerhoatom President Petro Kotin was quoted as saying. Its last reactor was shut down in September because of shelling near the plant. Ukrainian staff continue operating the plant. Moscow has accused Ukraine of shelling the plant. Last month the IAEA's board of governors passed a resolution calling on Russia to end its occupation of the plant and to "immediately cease all actions" against it and "any other nuclear facility in Ukraine." Russia and China voted against the resolution. Russia has rejected calls to create a demilitarized zone around the Zaporizhzhya plant. Kyiv and the IAEA have been warning of the possibility of an environmental catastrophe at the plant because of ongoing fighting in the vicinity. The nuclear power plant and the surrounding area have been controlled by Russian occupation forces since March. Murashov "was taken out of the car, and with his eyes blindfolded, he was driven in an unknown direction," the Enerhoatom statement said. Plant Director Ihor Murashov was detained in the afternoon on September 30 while travelling between the plant and the town of Enerhodar.Enerhoatom said. The UN's International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which has monitors at the plant, told Reuters it had contacted the Russian side and was "requesting clarification." KYIV - The director of Ukraine's Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant has been detained by a Russian military patrol, Enerhoatom, the state firm that runs the plant, has said.
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