China News Agency, Beijing, August 24. Comprehensive news: The Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Grossi, said on the 23rd that the agency is actively negotiating with relevant parties on sending a delegation to visit the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant. An agency delegation will visit the facility in the coming days.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky delivered a speech on Ukraine's Independence Day on the 24th, emphasizing Ukraine's tough stance against any compromise and vowing that Ukraine will regain control of the Donbass industrial zone in eastern Ukraine and the Crimean peninsula.

International Atomic Energy Agency may visit Ukrainian nuclear power plant in the near future

　　According to the IAEA's official website, IAEA Director General Grossi said on the 23rd that Ukraine said that a new round of shelling in recent days caused more damage in the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant area, which once again highlighted the facility's face Uzbekistan urgently needs a delegation from the International Atomic Energy Agency to the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant.

　　Grossi said the visit of the IAEA delegation will help stabilize the nuclear safety and security situation at the facility and reduce the risk of a serious nuclear accident in Europe, "I am actively and closely working with various parties on sending representatives "If the ongoing negotiations are successful, the mission is expected to take place in the next few days."

　　According to the TASS news agency, Russia’s permanent representative to the United Nations, Vasily Nebenja, said on the 23rd that the nuclear safety situation at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant has deteriorated in the past few weeks, and the technical details of the IAEA delegation’s visit are still being discussed. Russia hopes that the delegation will be able to visit the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant in late August or early September.

Western countries continue to provide military aid to Ukraine

　　Recently, Western countries have continued to provide military assistance to Ukraine.

According to Reuters, U.S. officials said on the 23rd that the United States will announce a new security assistance plan of about $3 billion for Ukraine as early as the 24th, which will be the largest U.S. aid to Ukraine since the outbreak of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.

　　The plan, which uses funds from the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI) appropriated by the U.S. Congress, allows the U.S. government to procure weapons from industry rather than from existing U.S. arms stockpiles, the report said.

　　The Norwegian Ministry of Defense said on the 24th that Norway and the United Kingdom will jointly provide Ukraine with a miniature drone, which will cost as much as 90 million Norwegian crowns (about 9.26 million US dollars).

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau also announced the country's new sanctions on Russia and additional aid to Ukraine on the same day.

　　Ukrainian Prime Minister Shmegar said on the 23rd that it is expected that by the end of this year, foreign partners will provide Ukraine with another 12 billion to 16 billion US dollars in financial support.

Ukraine has managed to maintain financial stability thanks to external aid, which has reached $14 billion, but Ukraine has had to spend more than 40 percent of its budget on military needs, he said in a statement.

　Zelensky stresses Ukraine's tough stance against compromise

　　According to Reuters, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky delivered a speech on Ukraine's Independence Day on the 24th, emphasizing Ukraine's tough stance against any compromise and vowing that Ukraine will regain control of the Donbass industrial zone in eastern Ukraine and the Crimean Peninsula. Control.

　　According to the Russian Satellite News Agency, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on the 24th that in order to minimize civilian casualties, Russia’s slowdown of the offensive during the special military operation in Ukraine was an intentional decision.

　　Tensions have risen in Kyiv amid fears of a Russian attack on Ukraine's Independence Day, Al Jazeera reported.

The mayor of Kyiv has asked people to stay at home and public gatherings around the capital have been banned.

The U.S. embassy in Ukraine issued a security alert on the 23rd, saying that the U.S. State Department had received information that Russia may try to destroy infrastructure or attack government buildings in the next few days.

The U.S. embassy in Ukraine urged U.S. citizens in Ukraine to leave Ukraine immediately.

Five EU countries bordering Russia may deny entry to Russian citizens

　　According to Reuters, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Landsbergis said on the 23rd that EU member states Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Finland all share borders with Russia, and if the EU does not enact a union-wide ban, these countries may deny entry to Russian tourists .

　　Landsbergis said Russians mainly enter the EU through the land borders of the five countries because direct flights between Russia and the EU have been suspended.

　　EU foreign ministers will discuss next week an EU-wide visa ban on Russian citizens, which is largely supported by the five EU countries that border Russia, the report said.

German Chancellor Scholz opposes the ban, and other EU countries such as Hungary are likely to boycott it as well.

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