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Ukraine tells UN nuclear watchdog it lost contact with power station in country’s north, a day after a power cut there.
- Ukraine tells UN nuclear watchdog IAEA it has lost all contact with facilities at the Chernobyl nuclear power station, which is now held by Russian forces.
- Over 400,000 civilians have so far been evacuated in Ukraine, according to Interior Minister Denys Monastyrsky.
- More than 12,000 people have been evacuated from Sumy, while no civilians have been able to leave besieged Mariupol.
- High-level talks in Turkey between Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba have not produced a ceasefire agreement.
- Fighting intensifies around Kyiv as Ukrainian forces attempt to block a column of Russian tanks.
Here are all the latest updates:
US urges Russia to allow civilians to safely depart Ukrainian cities
Washington has urged Moscow to allow civilians to safely depart Ukrainian cities and towns besieged by Russian troops, saying that the forces now encircle multiple cities after having destroyed much of the critical infrastructure.
“Putin’s military plan to quickly capture Ukraine, it is clear now has failed. So he’s now turning to a strategy of laying waste to population centres to try to break the will of the people of Ukraine, something he will not be able to do,” State Department spokesperson Ned Price told reporters.
Ukraine tells IAEA it has lost all contact with Chernobyl after power cut
Ukraine has told the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog that it has lost all contact with the radioactive waste facilities at Chernobyl next to the defunct power plant, which is now held by Russian forces.
“Ukraine informed the International Atomic Energy Agency [IAEA] that it had lost today all communications with the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant [NPP], the day after the Russian-controlled site lost all external power supplies,” the IAEA said in a statement, adding that before there was contact by email.
#Ukraine nuclear regulator told IAEA today it had lost all communication w/ #Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant, can no longer provide updated info. @RafaelMGrossi says IAEA’s aware of reports that power has now been restored to the site, need for confirmation. https://t.co/GhdMceMgRP pic.twitter.com/8iwjPzmef1
— IAEA – International Atomic Energy Agency (@iaeaorg) March 10, 2022
Hungary intervenes to stabilise fuel supply amid surge in demand
Hungary’s government has ordered a truck stoppage for four days starting on Saturday and cut the excise tax on fuel as part of efforts to stabilise fuel supplies after a surge in demand in recent days, a government official said.
“Supply is ensured, there is no reason for panic and the government maintains the cap on fuel prices,” Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s chief of staff, Gergely Gulyas, said during a news conference.
Facebook, Instagram to temporarily allow calls for violence against Russians
Meta Platforms will allow Facebook and Instagram users in some countries to call for violence against Russians and Russian soldiers in the context of the Ukraine invasion, according to internal emails seen by the Reuters news agency, in a temporary change to its hate speech policy.
The social media company is also temporarily allowing posts that call for death to Russian President Vladimir Putin or Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko in countries including Russia, Ukraine and Poland, according to a series of internal emails to its content moderators.
Meta did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
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