More than 11 thousand people have left the Krasnojaruzhsky district of the Belgorod region of Russia due to the operational situation related to the incursion of the Ukrainian armed forces: about a thousand are in temporary detention centers. Governor Vjacheslav Gladkov said this on his Telegram channel. “Yesterday, residents of the Krasnojaruzhsky district left their settlements, more than 11 thousand people left. Today, about a thousand people are in temporary reception centers,” Gladkov said. Meanwhile, just yesterday, President Vladimir Putin, quoted by the Tax talks about a quick response from Moscow. “What can we talk about with people who indiscriminately target civilians and try to threaten nuclear power plants?” According to the Russian president, kyiv attacked the territory “with the help of the West” to improve its position for future negotiations and “shake up the internal political situation” in Russia.
The nuclear power plant fire
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) says it is currently unable to “draw definitive conclusions” on the cause of the fire that broke out two days ago at Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. However, the IAEA says it is unlikely that the fire could have started “from the base of the cooling tower”, adding that it did not find “remains of tires or drones” during its inspection of the structure yesterday. In a statement posted on its website, the IAEA explains that “following the request to immediately assess the impact of the fire”, its experts were granted “access to the area” yesterday morning. During the visit to the cooling tower, “it was determined that the damage was most likely concentrated inside” the structure, with burnt areas in equipment “higher up”. A more in-depth inspection will be requested in the coming hours. “The nuclear safety of the plant has not been compromised, and there is no radioactive material in the area of the towers,” the IAEA said.
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