Ukraine war: Strike on Russian base, energy price caps and B52 bombers
Ukraine said on Friday it had struck a Russian base in Energodar, the city where the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, which is occupied by Russian troops, is located.
"In the localities of Kherson and Energodar, precise strikes by our troops destroyed three enemy artillery systems, as well as an ammunition depot" killing many Russian soldiers, the Ukrainian army said in a statement.
The strike comes the day after a visit by a team of inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency.
The Ukrainian army also claimed that the Russian forces had evacuated "all their military equipment from the site of the plant" before the arrival of the IAEA mission, several of whose members have remained at the plant.
The Zaporizhzhia power plant, the largest in Europe, fell to Russian troops in March, shortly after Moscow launched its invasion of Ukraine, and its site was targeted by several bombardments raising fears of a nuclear disaster .
Both Kyiv and Moscow reject responsibility for those strikes.
Finance ministers from the Group of Seven industrial powers on Friday pledged to impose a cap on the price of Russian oil in a bid to limit the Kremlin's revenues and ability to fund its war in Ukraine, while also curtailing the war's impact on energy prices and inflation.
The ministers said they would impose the cap by barring insurance or shipping companies from helping Russia sell oil at prices above the set limit.
The decision follows discussions at the group’s summit earlier this year and aims at solving one of the vexing problems with sanctions against Russia: Global oil prices have risen on fears of restricted supply, which has only fattened the Kremlin’s take.
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak has said Russia will
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