On Thursday, August 11, Russia requested a meeting of the UN Security Council in connection with the shelling of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant by Ukrainian troops, Dmitry Polyansky, First Deputy Permanent Representative of Russia to the UN, said.

“This topic deserves a biased discussion with colleagues in the Security Council.

Ukrainian provocations should not be hidden from the general public,” Polyansky said.

According to RIA Novosti, citing a source, Moscow requested the participation of IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi as a speaker.

The Kyiv regime in recent weeks has increased the number of attacks on the territory of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant.

As a result of the shelling on August 7, a power surge occurred at the ZNPP, which caused smoke on the open switchgear of the station.

The Russian Embassy called on the UN and the International Atomic Energy Agency to "condemn the criminal actions" of the Kyiv regime.

According to Russian Senator Alexei Pushkov, US President Joe Biden is showing "striking irresponsibility" in this situation.

“Biden can really remove the danger of a Ukrainian missile hitting the nuclear reactor of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant.

But Biden does not call, he plays with fire, ”said a member of the Federation Council in his Telegram channel.

At the same time, according to him, the leaders of European countries are also "carelessly looking at a potential new Chernobyl", which, in the event of a catastrophe, would pose a huge threat to at least part of continental Europe.

“The time has come to truthfully show the world the crimes of the Kyiv regime”

Russia strongly denies accusations by the US State Department of mining in Ukraine, said Russian Ambassador to Washington Anatoly Antonov.

“Washington unsubstantiatedly holds us responsible for mining the territory of the republic.

In the Russophobic fervor, the Americans have outdone themselves by comparing the actions of the Russian Armed Forces with the tactics of ISIS* in Syria.

We were accused, among other things, of blocking access to farmland. We strongly reject these insinuations, ”the press service of the diplomatic mission quotes him as saying.

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He also noted that Ukraine is shelling the territory of Donbass with shells equipped with anti-personnel high-explosive mines “Lepestok”, which have already blown up more than 30 people, including children and the elderly: “Such actions speak eloquently about the attitude of the Zelensky regime towards the population of those lands that Kyiv would like to consider it yours."

“They never cease to attribute to us the deeds of youngsters from Kyiv.

The time has long come to truthfully show the world the crimes of the Kyiv regime, calling it to account for the atrocities, primarily against its population,” Antonov added.

Summary of the DNR and LNR

Over the past day, the Ukrainian military fired at the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic 50 times, a total of 295 units of various ammunition were used, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the ceasefire said.

The Armed Forces of Ukraine used the Uragan, Grad, HIMARS MLRS, 155, 152 and 122 mm artillery, as well as 120 mm mortars.

“Over the past 24 hours, information has been received about the death of two civilians in the Kirovsky district of Donetsk.

Wounds of varying severity were received by 20 civilians in the Kirovsky, Kievsky, Petrovsky, Kuibyshevsky districts of Donetsk, Zaitsev, ”the official report says.

During the shelling, 72 housing constructions were damaged in the Kirovsky, Kuibyshevsky, Kievsky, Donetsk regions, Chervonogvardeysky and Kirovsky districts of Makeevka, Gorlovka, as well as nine civilian infrastructure facilities.

As an RT correspondent in Donetsk noted, on the morning of August 10, Ukrainian armed formations resumed shelling the city, in particular, the Kuibyshevsky and Kirovsky districts of the city, as well as Gorlovka, Golmovsky and Zaitsevo.

“Starting from 06:00, about 40 arrivals from the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Donetsk and its suburbs were recorded,” he said.