Tuesday, August 16, 2022

China Starts More Military Drills Responding to Latest US Delegation To Taiwan

"China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) started fresh drills around Taiwan in response to a
congressional delegation that visited the island.
Wu Qian, a spokesman for China’s Defense Ministry, said the military exercises were a "resolute counterstrike and solemn deterrence to the consecutive provocations by the US and Taiwan that undermine peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait." ZH

Zelenskyy, Macron discuss nuclear plant

"Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has condemned “Russia’s nuclear terrorism” at the
Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in a call with French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday, while calling for more sanctions on Moscow." AlJazeera

Russia blames sabotage for new Crimea blasts

"Blaming "sabotage", Russian officials said a fire triggered the blasts in the Dzhankoi area,
another fire hit a power station and a railway was damaged. 
The FSB security service said Ukrainian saboteurs had also blown up six electricity pylons this month inside Russia itself." BBC