The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has warned that workers at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Kyiv are in critical condition. The Chernobyl plant was shut down during the Soviet era following a nuclear leak. There is concern that the safety system to prevent nuclear leakage may have failed due to a power outage. The plant is currently under the control of the Russian military.
Ukraine reiterates that power supply has not yet been restored and that the risk of nuclear radiation is high. However, the Russian Ministry of Energy claimed that a team of experts from Belarus had arrived and fixed the problem and restored supply. The power lines to the plant were damaged during the Russian attack.
The southern port city of Mariupol, which has been besieged by Russian forces for 10 days, is in distress. There is no telephone connection in the city. There is no electricity in many places. The temperature at night is below zero.
Hundreds of people have sought refuge at a metro station in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv to escape missile attacks. From infants to the elderly, they seek refuge on the platform and inside the parked trains.
The mayor said there were still 2 million people in the capital, Kiev, which is surrounded by Russian troops. The mayor also claimed that three weeks after the Russian invasion, armed city dwellers repulsed Russian troops. He said the city currently has a few weeks’ supply of essentials and the freight lines are still open.
The UK has imposed a travel ban on 386 MPs who voted in favor of a resolution declaring the rebel-held areas of eastern Ukraine Luthansk and Donetsk independent territories. Their savings were also frozen.
Russia has begun moving to ban the social media site Instagram in the name of anti-Russian policies. Owners Meta recently made it clear that they would not block posts calling on Facebook and Instagram to kill Russian soldiers. This is what provoked Russia. Facebook is currently banned in Russia.
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