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Poland deports Russian asylum seeker who claimed to have fled FSB

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · 06:00

Secret service decided backstory of purported Russian security service officer was not credible

Poland has deported a purported former Russian FSB officer who sought asylum in the country back to Russia, accusing him of lying about his past and background.

Emran Navruzbekov claimed to have been a senior officer in Russia’s FSB security service in the southern region of Dagestan, and had recently given numerous media interviews about FSB operations and alleged misdeeds. He was handed over to Russia at Poland’s land border with the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad on Tuesday.

Russia-Ukraine war live: first Kherson dam flooding deaths; UN nuclear watchdog to strengthen presence at Zaporizhzhia plant

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · 05:07

Three confirmed dead, says exiled mayor in Kherson region; International Atomic Energy Agency to send larger team in response to ‘possible loss of the plant’s main source of cooling water’

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That update from the International Atomic Energy explains that while all six of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear energy plan’t reactors are “in shutdown mode” cooling water is still needed “to prevent fuel melt and a possible release of radioactive material”.

The International Atomic Energy Agency has announced that it will strengthen its presence at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear energy plant amid concerns over water supplies for cooling the plant’s reactors.

Ukraine and Myanmar make 2022 most violent year in a decade for medical staff

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · 05:00

Report demands accountability for war crimes and singles out Russia for ‘mind-boggling’ targeting of hospitals in Ukraine

Russian attacks on medical facilities in Ukraine made 2022 the most violent year in a decade for hospitals and health workers operating in conflict zones, according to a new report by a coalition of humanitarian organisations.

With 750 reported attacks in 2022, Russia set a 10-year record, according to the Safeguarding Health in Conflict Coalition, which includes Human Rights Watch and the Johns Hopkins Center for Humanitarian Health.

The destruction of the Kakhovka dam | podcast

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · 02:00

The UN has blamed the destruction of the Kakhovka dam on Russia. What impact will the flooding have on the war in Ukraine? Dan Sabbagh reports

In the early hours of Tuesday, the Kakhovka dam in Ukraine was destroyed. The breach of the dam left 42,000 people at immediate risk of flooding, and is a blow to Ukrainian food and water supplies.

Ukraine has accused Russia, which has been in control of the dam for more than a year, of mining and blowing up the structure. Volodymyr Zelenskiy described the incident as an ‘environmental bomb of mass destruction’.

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 470 of the invasion

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Yesterday - 23:38

Three people confirmed dead in flooding from destruction of Nova Kakhovka dam; Zelenskiy asks for ‘clear and rapid reaction from the world’

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Steve Bell on Putin and the collapse of the Nova Kakhovka dam – cartoon

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Yesterday - 18:13

Chaos on frontlines as Ukraine war threatens to come home for Russia

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Yesterday - 15:20

As ‘governor’ claims streets are calm in flooded Kherson, Russian town of Shebekino is emptying amid heavy shelling

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If Vladimir Saldo was trying to project a sense of calm among the deluged frontline towns and villages of Russian-occupied Kherson region, he was failing miserably.

The Kremlin-installed “governor”, dressed in camouflage and helmet and sitting in front of the flooded remains of the town centre of Nova Kakhovka, claimed that the city was “alive”.

BA, Boots and BBC cyber-attack: who is behind it and what happens next?

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Yesterday - 13:16

A cybercrime group has exploited a flaw in MOVEit software, and is now demanding a ransom

British Airways, Boots and the BBC have been hit with an ultimatum to begin ransom negotiations from a cybercrime group after employees’ personal data was stolen in a hacking attack.

On Wednesday it emerged that the gang behind a piece of ransomware known as Clop had posted the demand to its darkweb site , where stolen data is typically released if payments are not made by the victims.

Ukraine dam: tens of thousands at risk in Kherson region, Kyiv says, as flood peaks

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Yesterday - 05:24

UN aid chief warns of ‘grave and far-reaching consequences’ of Kakhovka dam destruction as regional governor accuses Russia of shelling affected area

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About 42,000 people are at risk from flooding on both sides of the Dnipro River after the destruction of the Nova Kakhovka dam , Ukrainian officials have said, with floodwaters expected to peak on Wednesday.

The prediction came after UN aid chief Martin Griffiths told the security council on Tuesday night that the dam breach “will have grave and far-reaching consequences for thousands of people in southern Ukraine on both sides of the front line through the loss of homes, food, safe water and livelihoods”.