• 6:45 a.m .: Vladimir Putin meets his security council 

Russian President Vladimir Putin convenes his security council on Monday after accusing kyiv of having committed a "terrorist act" by organizing the explosion which partially destroyed the Crimean bridge on Saturday linking Russia to the annexed peninsula.

  • 4 a.m.: UN General Assembly considers Russian annexations

The UN General Assembly is considering from Monday, October 10 on a resolution condemning the annexation of four Ukrainian regions by Russia.

Draft text seen by AFP condemns 'illegal' annexations of Ukraine's Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhia and Kherson regions after 'so-called referendums' and stresses these actions have 'no validity' under international law .

He also calls for no one to recognize these annexations and calls for the immediate withdrawal of Russian troops from Ukraine.

The decision to bring the dossier to the attention of the General Assembly, where the 193 UN member states each have one vote, without a veto, was taken after Russia blocked a similar text during a meeting of the Security Council on September 30.

"If the UN system and the international community, via the General Assembly, did not react to this type of illegal attempt, we would be in a very bad situation", commented to the press Olof Skoog, Ambassador of the European Union in responsible for drafting the resolution in collaboration with Ukraine and other countries.

The absence of a vote from the General Assembly, expected at the end of the debates or not before Wednesday, would risk giving "carte blanche to other countries to do the same or to recognize what Russia has done" , he added.

In a letter to all member states, Russia attacked "Western delegations" whose actions "have nothing to do with defending international law".

"They are pursuing their own geopolitical objectives," wrote Russian Ambassador Vassili Nebenzia, denouncing the "pressure" of the United States and its allies on other capitals.

In these circumstances, he called for a vote by secret ballot, a more than unusual procedure reserved in principle for elections, for example, of members of the Security Council.

  • 12:35 a.m.: Zaporizhia nuclear power plant reconnected to the grid

"Our team in Zaporizhia confirms that the outdoor power line lost yesterday Saturday has been restored and (the plant) is reconnected to the grid - a temporary relief from a still untenable situation," the IAEA Director General wrote. , Rafael Grossi, on his Twitter account.

With Reuters and AFP

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