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Turkey Offers To Intervene In Ukraine Nuclear Plant Impasse

Turkey Offers To Intervene In Ukraine Nuclear Plant Impasse

September 4, 2022 6:08 am

Africa Daily News, New York reports that for weeks now impasse over a Russian-occupied nuclear power plant in Ukraine has sparked concerns of a radioactive catastrophe, however, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has offered to intervene to resolve the issues.

The pledge from Saturday was made just hours before the UN watchdog for atomic energy revealed that Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant couldn’t access its last available power line to the grid and was now reliant on a backup line.

Read Also: ‘We Can Intervene In Ukraine Nuclear Plant Conflict’ – Erdogan To Putin 

As concern over the recent …

Russian President, Putin To Skip Gorbachev's Funeral

Russian President, Putin To Miss Gorbachev’s Funeral

September 2, 2022 6:54 am

Reports reaching the desk of Africa Daily News, New York has it that Russian President Vladimir Putin will not be present at the Soviet Union’s last leader, Mikhail Gorbachev’s funeral – this has been confirmed by Kremlin.

According to Dmitry Peskov, Mr. Putin’s spokesman, due to his responsibilities, he would be unable to participate in the funeral ceremony on Saturday.

Gorbachev passed away on Tuesday at the age of 91, following the said incident Putin’s spokesman claimed that the Russian president had paid his homage to the Soviet Union’s last leader at a hospital in Moscow.

While Mr. Putin has …

Japan Demands Africa's Seat On The UN Security Council

Japan Demands Africa’s Seat On The UN Security Council

August 29, 2022 4:04 am

Japan has pledged to employ its position on the Security Council of the international organisation to advocate for an African seat at the UN—saying that the African country has been mistreated even up till now.

‘Japan reiterates its determination to redress the historical injustice against Africa of not being represented through a permanent membership on the Security Council,’ Prime Minister Fumio Kishida told the Tokyo International Conference on African Development in Tunis, Tunisia on Sunday.’

‘In order for the UN to work effectively for peace and stability, there is an urgent need to strengthen the UN as a whole …

Russia Moved To Expand Armed Forces As Putin Signs Degree

Russia Moves To Expand Armed Forces As Putin Signs Decree

August 26, 2022 7:40 am
Reports reaching Africa to Daily News has it that Due to Moscow’s military intervention in Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin of Russia has directed the Russian military to expand its manpower by 137,000, bringing the overall number of army personnel in the country to 1.15 million.
Vladimir Putin’s order, which becomes effective on January 1 did not define how the military would increase its strength—whether it would do so by increasing the number of conscripts, recruiting more volunteers, or doing both.
Following the directive which was announced on Thursday, there will be 1,150,628 more service members in the Russian military, bringing
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Climate Change Arctic Ice Endangered By Russian Gas Blaze

Climate Change: Arctic Ice Endangered By Russian Gas Blaze

August 26, 2022 6:39 am

Reports reaching the desk of Africa Daily News, New York has it that Russia is burning off significant amounts of natural gas as the cost of electricity in Europe soars.

According to experts, the gas would have initially been shipped to Germany.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that the facility, which is close to the Finnish border, burns about $10 million (£8.4 million) worth of gas per day.

Scientists are also worried that soot from the burn will impact Arctic ice.

4.34 million cubic meters of gas are consumed by the flare on a daily basis, according to Rystad …

Tension As Russia Accuses Ukraine Of Killing Darya Dugina

Tension As Russia Accuses Ukraine Of Killing Darya Dugina

August 23, 2022 5:53 am

Russia’s Federal Security Service accused Ukraine’s secret services yesterday of killing Darya Dugina, the daughter of an ultra-nationalist, in a car bomb attack near Moscow that President Vladimir Putin called ‘evil’.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that Dugina, whose father Alexander Dugin is a highly respected ideologue, was killed on Saturday when a bomb blew up the Toyota Land Cruiser she was driving, Russian investigators said.

Ukraine, defending itself from what it says is an imperial-style war of conquest waged by Russia, denied involvement in the attack, with Ukrainian presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak calling the accusation “propaganda”.

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Ukraine Allies Fear Disaster Near Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant

Ukraine: Allies Fear Disaster Near Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant

August 22, 2022 4:17 am
Ukrainian emergency services have been practicing how to respond in case of a catastrophe close to the Zaporizhzhia facility. The US, the UK, France, Germany, and others have emphasised the necessity of ensuring the security of nuclear plants which is at risk from the situation in Ukraine.
The four leaders also reaffirmed their backing for Ukraine in the face of Russia’s aggression while speaking in phone on Sunday.
There are already worries of a catastrophe as Moscow and Kyiv accuse each other of bombarding a nuclear plant controlled by Russia.
Africa Daily News,  New York reports that prior to Independence
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Ukraine's Nuclear Operator Reports Cyberattack On Its Website

Ukraine’s Nuclear Operator Reports Cyberattack On Its Website

August 17, 2022 4:00 am

Ukraine’s nuclear operator Energoatom has raised alarm over what it called an ‘unprecedented’ cyberattack on its website however insisting that its operations had not been tampered with.

‘On August 16, 2022, the most powerful cyberattack since the start of the Russian invasion occurred against Energoatom’s website,’ the operator said in Telegram message that was obtained by Africa Daily News, New York.

It ‘was attacked from Russian territory’.

The Russian ‘popular cyberarmy’ group used more than 7 million internet bots to attack the website for three hours, Energoatom said.

However, the assault ‘did not have a considerable impact on the work …

Ukraine War Russia Accuses US Of ‘Direct Involvement’

Ukraine War: Russia Accuses US Of ‘Direct Involvement’

August 3, 2022 6:20 am

The government of the United States has been accused by Russia of direct involvement in the Ukraine war, as the first ship carrying Ukrainian grain to world markets since Moscow’s invasion continued its passage to Lebanon without problems.

Moscow declared on Tuesday that it was reacting to remarks made by Vadym Skibitsky, the deputy head of military intelligence for Ukraine, regarding the manner in which Kyiv used long-range HIMARS rocket launch systems provided by the US based on what he referred to as excellent satellite imagery and real-time information.

While claiming that US officials were withholding specific target information, Skibitsky …

US Is Trying To Be 'Directly Involved’ In Ukraine War - Russia Quips

US Is Trying To Be ‘Directly Involved’ In Ukraine War – Russia Quips

August 2, 2022 7:52 pm

Russia has come out to openly accuse the White House of supplying some targeting information which has been used by Kyiv to conduct long-range missile strikes thereby putting the role of the American intelligence in the war in Ukraine under tight scrutiny.

Russia’s defence ministry had also made some claims that Washington was actually “directly involved” in the war, and had passed on intelligence that had led to the “mass deaths of civilians”.

The United States was responsible for rocket attacks by Kyiv on populated areas in the eastern Donbas and in other regions, it had also revealed.

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Russia Announces Blacklist Of 39 Britain Citizens, Including Cameron

Russia Announces Blacklist Of 39 Britain Citizens, Including Cameron

August 1, 2022 7:28 pm

While displaying its version of counter-sanctions due to the barrage of European sanctions on her due to the conflicts with Ukraine, Russia has on Monday announced that it would be blacklisting 39 British citizens, including Labour Party leader Keir Starmer and the former prime minister of the United Kingdom, David Cameron.

The reason is not far fetched from the fact that London has also been one of Kyiv’s most vocal supporters after President Vladimir Putin sent troops to Ukraine on February 24.

Russia’s foreign ministry said the citizens listed, including journalists, “contribute to the hostile course of London aimed at …

Russia 'Positive Development' - Russia Lauds Start Of Ukraine’s Grain Exports

Positive Development – Russia Lauds Ukraine’s Grain Exports

August 1, 2022 6:13 pm

As new developments encroach into the conflicts between them and Ukraine, Russia has welcomed the first shipment of grain from the port of Odesa on Ukraine’s Black Sea coast as a “positive’’ development.

“This is a good opportunity for testing the effectiveness of the functioning of mechanisms that were agreed during the negotiations in Istanbul,’’ Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov said.

Read Also: Tension As Drone Attack On Russian Fleet Leaves Over 5 Dead

This is according to the Interfax news agency which had been announced on Monday.

“We hope that the agreements will be fulfilled by all sides and that …

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