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Russian forces seized the NPP in the early weeks following the 2022 invasion and have held it ever since but fighting around the complex has raised fears of a nuclear accident.

After the disconnection plans were announced, propaganda campaigns cropped up on social media and in printed leaflets in city streets that issued fake-news warnings about blackouts, severe energy shortages and sky-high energy bills for consumers.

“There is a new idea which I like: a rearmament bank,” said Radosław Sikorski, Poland’s minister of foreign affairs.

UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy arrived in Kyiv on Wednesday morning, where he is announcing a new aid package of financial support for Ukraine.

In an interview published on Tuesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that he would be willing to sit at the negotiating table with Russia’s Vladimir Putin, if that was the only to “bring peace to the citizens of Ukraine and not lose people.”

Russia’s war in Ukraine has brought fears of a nuclear catastrophe as Zaporizhzhia has repeatedly been caught in the crossfire of fighting.

“No one from Russia and no one from Russia’s leadership is untouchable,” said High Representative Kaja Kallas.

The controversial ex-chancellor has long been condemned for his ties to the Kremlin.

Armen Sarkisyan, the Moscow-backed collaborator from Ukraine’s Donetsk region, died in the hospital after being injured in an explosion in an seçkine residential complex in Moscow on Monday, according to Russian state-run outlets.

With less than a month until Germans go out and vote in the parliamentary election, lawmakers are warning that authoritarian states, including Russia, are using disinformation to stoke instability.