In addition to focusing attention on the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, Russia continues its efforts to completely control the Donbass region and on Sunday intensified attacks in the north and northwest of Donetsk. And he will gather troops in southern Ukraine to prevent a possible counteroffensive near Kherson.

This Sunday is also marked by developments related to the controversial Amnesty International report, which accused Ukraine of endangering the civilian population during its response to the Russian invasion. And for the departure of four more ships with cereals and other food for export.

What happened during the morning and afternoon?

• Following a report accusing Ukraine of endangering civilians during military operations against Russia, Amnesty International apologized for the “anguish and anger” caused by the document, which led to the resignation of the organization’s leader in Ukraine.
• The Ukrainian president refuses to talk with Russia if the Russian forces decide hold referendums in the occupied areas on a possible accession to the country of Vladimir Putin. “The position of our country remains as it has always been. We will not give up anything that is ours”, he said, in the daily message broadcast this Sunday.
• Departed from Ukrainian ports on the Black Sea four more shipsthis Sunday, transporting almost 170 thousand tons of corn and other food, within the framework of the agreement negotiated by Turkey and the UN, according to Reuters.
• Pope Francisco welcomed the resumption of grain exports Ukraine, which he described as “a sign of hope” and proof that “dialogue is possible” to end the war.
• Seven explosions were recorded in Kharkiv, in eastern Ukraine, according to The Kyiv Independent, citing the mayor, Ihor Terekhov. There are no injuries to report. The newspaper also reports that this Sunday more than 50 explosions were reported in the Sumy region, which has been one of the constant targets of Russia.
• At least six Russian generals were fired due to the poor performance of Russian forces in Ukraine, according to the UK Ministry of Defense daily analysis. The dismissals were compounded “by the death of at least ten Russian generals on the battlefield in the Ukraine.”
• Ukraine is investigating about 26,000 alleged war crimes in the Ukraine conflict, having already indicted 135 people, the prosecutor responsible for war crimes told Reuters.
• A Russian journalist, Daria Aslamova, was arrested in Kosovo for suspected espionage, according to the interior minister of Kosovo. The same official alleges that Aslamova acted as a spy for Russia’s secret military services.
• The situation at the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, which has once again become one of the battle points between Russian and Ukrainian troops, is still far from calm. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that he spoke by phone with the President of the European Council, Charles Michel, about the “russian nuclear terror“, what “requires a stronger response from the international community — sanctions against the Russian nuclear industry and nuclear fuel”.
• Russia will be store explosives and ammunition outside the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, according to the US-based Institute for the State of War.
• The Russian Ministry of Defense assures that the Russian army destroyed, in the Mykolaiv region, 45 thousand tons of ammunition recently sent by NATO to Ukraine and killed more than 300 Ukrainian servicemen.