UN to investigate attack that killed 53 prisoners of war; US Senate votes on Nordic countries’ Nato entry; Zelenskiy wants China to use its influence with Russia
The UN is conducting a fact-finding mission in response to requests from both Russia and Ukraine after 53 Ukrainian prisoners of war were killed in an explosion at a barracks in separatist-controlled Olenivka
. Europe’s largest nuclear plant is now controlled by Russian forces and being used as a military base, according to Reuters. However, US secretary of state Antony Blinken said Ukrainian forces are not firing against Russian forces “lest there be a terrible accident involving the nuclear plant”. Reuters was unable to verify battlefield accounts from either side of the war.under a deal to ease Russia’s naval blockade has reached Turkey.
invaded, saying it was carrying a fraction of the crop Kyiv must sell to help salvage its shattered economy.downbeat comments, Zelenskiy, via video to students in Australia on Wednesday, said more time was needed to see whether other grain shipments would follow.