Ukraine’s nuclear power provider accused Russia of “kidnapping” the head of Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, a facility occupied by Russian troops and located in a region of Ukraine that Russian President Vladimir Putin has moved to annex illegally.
He called Putin’s decision to take over more territory – Russia now claims sovereignty over 15% of Ukraine – “the largest attempted annexation of European territory by force since the Second World War.”
The Institute for the Study of War, a Washington-based think tank, said Ukraine likely will retake another key Russian-occupied city in the country’s east in the next few days. Ukrainian forces already have encircled the city of Lyman, some 160 kilometers southeast of Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city.Citing Russian reports, the institute said it appeared Russian forces were retreating from Lyman.
Ukraine also is making “incremental” gains around Kupiansk and the eastern bank of the Oskil River, which became a key front line since the Ukrainian counteroffensive regained control of the Kharkiv region in September. In a daily intelligence briefing, the British Defense Ministry highlighted an attack Friday in the city of Zaporizhzhia that killed 30 people and wounded 88 others.
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