Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky known as on President Biden to ask his nation into NATO’s fold “now,” in an interview with CNN that aired Wednesday night forward of the bloc’s July 11 summit in Vilnius, Lithuania. Calling Biden the “decision-maker” on Ukraine’s NATO destiny, Zelensky stated an invite would invigorate his forces even when the membership occurs later.
The International Atomic Energy Agency, the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog, requested further entry to the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in Ukraine amid tit-for-tat accusations by Kyiv and Moscow over a doable false-flag attack at the location.
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While each side dialed up the rhetoric, an evaluation printed Tuesday by the Institute for the Study of War stated it was unlikely that Moscow would create a nuclear catastrophe. The escalation in provocative statements might be supposed to accuse Ukraine of irresponsible habits close to the plant as NATO readies to satisfy subsequent week, the D.C.-based assume tank stated.