The last minute of the war, live | The International Atomic Energy Agency warns of a “very worrying” situation at the Zaporizhia Nuclear Power Plant | international

What happened in the last hours?

On the 170th day of the war launched by Russia against Ukraine, these are the main data at 12 noon on Friday, August 12:

The International Atomic Energy Agency warns that the situation at the Zaporizhzhya plant has become “extremely worrying”. The Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Rafael Grossi, on Thursday warned the United Nations Security Council that the situation at the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant had become “extremely worrying.” “These military operations near such a large nuclear facility could have very serious consequences,” Grossi said, stressing that the IAEA had been “in frequent contact” with both Ukraine and Russia to ensure they had “the clearest possible picture of the development.” . General description of the events that occurred at the plant at a meeting of the Security Council called by Russia, the Director of the International Atomic Energy Agency explained that the nuclear power plant in Zaporizhia was bombed, which caused several explosions near the power plant. Factory board, causing a power outage.

WHO verifies 445 attacks on health facilities in Ukraine. WHO & lpar; WHO & rpar; verified 445 attacks in Ukraine on health care, resulting in 105 injuries and 86 deaths, with a new attack in the last two weeks, since the start of the war; February 24 as of August 11, according to the WHO’s Health Care Attack Monitoring System. As the World Health Organization explained in its report published on Thursday, attacks on health care include those that targeted health centers, transportation, personnel, patients, supplies and stores.

Two ships sailed from Ukraine loaded with 63 thousand tons of grain. Two ships set sail Friday from Ukraine loaded with grain, Turkey’s defense minister said, bringing the number of ships that have transported grain to 14 since Russia and Ukraine agreed to cancel the export. The Sormovsky ship, carrying the flag of Belize, carried 3,050 tons of wheat, and the Star Laura, the flag of the Marshall Islands, sailed from Bivdini to Iran loaded with 60,000 tons of corn.

Zelensky: Complete withdrawal of Russians only [de Zaporiyia] It will ensure nuclear security for the whole of Europe.” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called on the international community to “respond immediately” to the expulsion of Russian forces from the occupied Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, which has been the target of several explosions since last weekend. “The whole world must respond immediately to expel the occupants of the power plant,” the largest in Europe, located in southern Ukraine and occupied by Russian forces since March 4. “Only the complete withdrawal of the Russians will guarantee the nuclear security of all of Europe,” the Ukrainian president said in his daily video address.

Ukrainian children say goodbye to their families in Lviv before traveling to France for holidays. Photo by Mikola Tis & lpar; Efe & rpar;.