According to the deputy chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, Moscow's policy is aimed at avoiding a new world war MOSCOW, August 27.
/tass/. The Russian operation in Ukraine is taking place in the "most sparing" version, although with a tougher campaign could be completed much faster, Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev said on Friday.
In an interview with the French TV channel LCI, he also stressed that Russian policy is aimed at avoiding a new world war, but "at least the first angel sounded." In addition, on Friday it became known about the indictment of the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov by the Security Service of Ukraine and the possible visit of the IAEA delegation to the Zaporozhye NPP at the beginning of next week.
TASS has collected the main information about the events in and around Ukraine during the day.
The military personnel of the units of the 53rd and 93rd mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine left their positions on the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic and the Kharkiv region due to heavy losses, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation said.
According to the ministry, as a result of "concentrated fire strikes" by the Russian military on positions near Seversk and Yakovlevka in the DPR, the Ukrainian side lost more than 50 people killed and nine pieces of equipment.
Interview MedvedevaRussia is conducting a military operation "according to the most sparing, moderate option," in which its military, as well as the troops of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics "act only against the Armed Forces of Ukraine," Medvedev said.
In a tougher scenario, he stressed, "the military campaign could have ended much faster," but "there would have been completely different consequences for Ukraine."
According to the deputy chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky, with his statement about the possibility of Kiev returning nuclear weapons, created an atmosphere that "ultimately" forced Moscow to launch an operation.
Medvedev also noted that the refusal of the Ukrainian side to join NATO is "a necessary, but no longer sufficient condition for achieving peace," and the possibility of Russian-Ukrainian negotiations at the highest level "will depend on the development of events."
Commenting on the possibility of the republics of Donbass joining Russia, he stressed that this is possible if they themselves "carry out the necessary procedures, that is, referendums."
The situation around the Zaporozhye AESELECTRIC power from the Zaporozhye NPP no longer enters the territories controlled by Kiev, since the last power line in their direction was interrupted on Thursday due to the actions of the Ukrainian military, said Vladimir Rogov, a member of the main council of the military-civil administration of the Zaporozhye region.
Later, the Ukrainian "Energoatom" made the statement that the power plant is connected to the grid and produces energy for Ukraine.
On Friday, the Armed Forces of Ukraine again shelled the territory of the nuclear power plant, local authorities reported. According to their data, four shells hit the area of the radioactive isotope storage, but the radiation background is normal.
The IAEA delegation may visit the Zaporozhye NPP at the beginning of next week, The Wall Street Journal newspaper writes, citing sources. According to the head of the agency, Rafael Grossi, the mission can begin the permanent presence of its experts at the station.
The Security Service of Ukraine has charged Kadyrov under three articles of the Criminal Code of the republic, including "waging an aggressive war" and "committing deliberate actions to change the borders" of Ukraine.
Also, charges were brought against the deputy head of the Department of the Rosgvardiya for Chechnya, Daniil Martynov, who now holds the post of adviser to the head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia, and Rosgvardiya Hussein Medzhidov.
Kadyrov in response offered to determine where he should appear for the trial, "who is a criminal, who is a murderer, who is a terrorist."
