• The leaders of the west urge caution near Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant.
• There are fears of a catastrophe worse than Chernobyl.
• Ukraine’s Independence Day will mark six months since Russia invaded the country.

The United States, Britain, France, Germany, and others have emphasized the necessity to protect nuclear plant that are at risk due to the situation in Ukraine.

The four leaders also reaffirmed their support for Ukraine in the face of Russia’s incursion in a phone chat on Sunday.

There are already worries of a catastrophe as Moscow and Kyiv accuse one another of firing a nuclear reactor controlled by Russia.

Prior to Independence Day celebrations, President Volodymyr Zelensky advised Ukrainians to exercise caution.

In a weekend address, he warned that “Russia could try to do something particularly disgusting, particularly cruel.”

“One of the key objectives of the enemy is to humiliate us,” he added, but “we have to be strong enough to resist all provocation”.

On Wednesday, August 24, Ukraine’s Independence Day will also celebrate six months since Russia invaded the country.

The disagreement was the topic of a conference call on Sunday that included Boris Johnson of the UK, Joe Biden of the US, Emmanuel Macron of France, and Olaf Scholz of Germany.

After it was over, they advocated military caution near the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine, where recent fighting has sparked concerns about a catastrophe worse than the 1986 Chernobyl accident.

The agreement, which Russian President Vladimir Putin approved on Friday, will allow UN inspectors to visit the plant at a later time.

The four leaders added that they had “decided to sustain assistance for Ukraine in its defence against Russian aggression.”

On Sunday, Ukraine reported additional missile strikes, particularly in the town of Nikopol, which is close to the Zaporizhzhia power plant.

In the city of Sevastopol in the Russian-occupied Crimea, a new drone attack on Saturday targeted Russia’s Black Sea navy. A Ukrainian drone was reportedly shot down, according to the local Russian authorities.

Drone attacks have reportedly occurred often recently in Crimea, including one on a base close to Sevastopol on Thursday and another on the harbour on Friday.

Nine Russian jets were destroyed earlier this month at a Russian military station on Crimea’s western shore.

Invasion and annexation of the peninsula by Russia occurred in 2014, and Ukraine has promised to reclaim it. Kiev hasn’t confirmed or denied its involvement in the most recent strikes, though.

The daughter of ultra-nationalist scholar Alexander Dugin, a close associate of Russian President Vladimir Putin, was killed in a suspected vehicle bombing late on Saturday.

After an explosion on a road outside of Moscow, Darya Dugina, 29, passed away.

It’s possible that her father, who is referred to as “Putin’s brain,” was the attack’s targeted victim.

Both had attended a celebration honouring the country. President Putin is thought to have been influenced by Aleksandr Dugin’s writings regarding the necessity of reestablishing the Russian empire.

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