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– Raphael Grossi in Zaporizhia: The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency will today visit the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant at the center of the war between Ukraine and Russia. A day earlier, during a press briefing in Kyiv, he said he had “many questions” to ask. Russians who control the site.

– “Very critical” situation in Avdivka: The mayor of this town in eastern Ukraine, the target of a large-scale Russian offensive for months, reported a “serious” situation in places, with the first isolated “street fighting” with groups of Russian troops. “The situation in the city is very complicated, very tense. If, for several weeks, we have been saying that the situation is very difficult, but under control, today the situation is very difficult and, in some places, serious,” he said. was

– A child dies in a Russian strike: A two-month-old baby was killed and three women were injured in a Russian strike in northeastern Ukraine, Kharkiv Region Governor Oleg Sinegubov announced. At the same time, Russia claimed to have thwarted an overnight Ukrainian drone strike in the Belgorod region (west) bordering Ukraine.

– Vladimir Putin, soon to be interviewed: On Social Network X, Tucker Carlson, a conservative presenter close to Donald Trump, announced that he would soon interview Vladimir Putin. “We are here to visit Russian President Vladimir Putin,” he wrote, while he was in Moscow in recent days.

– Summons by the Charge d’Affaires of the Baltic States, Moscow: Russia has summoned the charge d’affaires of three Baltic countries, accusing them of “sabotaging” the Russian presidential election next March by refusing to ensure the security of polling stations in Russian embassies on their soil. Large Russian minorities live in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, three former Soviet republics now members of the EU that have long had tense relations with Moscow. Since the conflict in Ukraine, these relations have deteriorated.

– Refusal of asylum for alleged Wagner desertion: Norway has rejected the asylum request of Russian Andrei Medvedev, who presents himself as a defector from the Wagner paramilitary group. The 27-year-old Russian was granted asylum in the Scandinavian country in January 2023 under epic conditions, according to his story, but that has never been verified. Many experts in particular believe that the alleged former mercenaries would not have been able to cross the heavily guarded border without assistance.

– Joe Biden attacks Donald Trump: During a speech from the White House, the American president attacked Donald Trump, his potential opponent in the November presidential election. He accused him of manipulating the Republican Party to block any reform of migration policy and any new aid to Ukraine, while a bill linking the two issues has been blocked by the opposition. “To support this bill is to oppose Putin. To oppose it is to play into the hands of the Russian president,” the Democrat said.