On board were 65 captured Ukrainian army servicemen being transported to the Belgorod region for exchange, six crew members and three escorts,” the defense ministry was quoted as saying by the RIA-Novosti news agency. Local governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said that an unspecified “incident” had occurred in the region’s Korochansky district, northeast of Belgorod city and […]
Ukraine’s largest nuclear power plant was cut off from the country’s electricity grid; setting off a mass power outage in the adjacent area after fires damaged its last functioning transmission line; Ukraine’s nuclear power company said Thursday. Nuclear power incident rekindled concerns about safety at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant (ZNPP), the biggest nuclear energy […]
Russian scientists say the country’s Sputnik V vaccine appears safe and effective against COVID-19, according to early results of an advanced study published in a journal, in a boost for a shot that is increasingly being bought by nations around the world who are desperate to stop the devastation caused by the pandemic. Researchers say […]
