Scott Lucas#UkraineWar, Day 497: #Zelenskiy — #Russia May Sabotage #Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant
https://eaworldview.com/2023/07/ukraine-war-zaporizhzhia-zelenskiy-russia-may-sabotage/
#Zelenskiy cites placement of explosives on several buildings of #ZaporizhzhiaNPP's 6 reactors
"The world sees – and cannot fail to see – that the only source of danger to the #Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant is #Russia. And no one else."
Fm @TheStudyOfWar: #UkraineCounterOffensive pursuing attrition of #Russia manpower and equipment, a strategy that "conserves Ukrainian manpower at cost of slower rate of territorial gains"
Senior Ukraine official Danilov: “More destroyed Russian units means more area liberated"
Toni Scott@ScottLucas please don’t say “UkraineWar” They didn’t start it.
In possible easing of hostilities less than two weeks after #WagnerGroup rebellion, #Russia authorities in #RostovOnDon absolve #Prigozhin of financial responsibility for damages
Claim that officials return seized $100,000s in cash and gold taken from #Wagner in St. Petersburg
"European intelligence sources": #Russia plans to send more Chechen fighters and convicts to frontlines to bolster forces depleted by #UkraineCounterOffensive and the rebellion of #WagnerGroup mercenaries
Journalist #ElenaMilashina describes how she and lawyer Alexander Nemov were brutally attacked by #Chechnya forces of #Putin ally #Kadyrov
"They told us, 'Defend people at home, there’s no need to defend people here'"
Speculation circulating that, amid purge of suspected supporters of #WagnerGroup rebellion, #Russia Deputy Defense Minister Gen. Yunus-Bek Yevkurov has been arrested
He has not been seen since rebellion & was absent fm Monday televised meeting attended by Defense Minister Shoygu
#IAEA experts: We have not yet seen any evidence of mines or explosives placed at #Russia-occupied #Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant
However, "we have requested additional access that is necessary to confirm the absence of mines or explosives"