Russia has denied Ukrainian reports that its personnel have taken over the sites, claiming instead that Russian advisers were providing 'consultative assistance' to Ukrainian staffers at the plants, the Journal reported. Russian forces took control of Chernobyl and Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear site early in the invasion that began Feb.

The facility had electricity cut off several days ago, prompting Ukrainian officials to warn of a potential radiation leakage at the site, The Wall Street Journal reported.Ĭhernobyl was the site where the world's worst nuclear accident occurred in 1986. The Russian government said Saturday that specialists had been sent to the Chernobyl nuclear site in Ukraine to help restore power there, according to a report. The Associated Press contributed to this report. “Give them the assurance that if ever needed, the Philippines is ready to offer whatever facilities or whatever things that the United States will need being a major - our number one ally.” “He says if they’re asking for the support of the Philippines, it’s very clear that, of course, if push comes to shove, the Philippines will be ready to be part of the effort, especially if this Ukrainian crisis spills over to the Asian region,” Romualdez said in an online briefing with Manila-based journalists. resolution to demand Russia’s immediate withdrawal. Duterte has fostered closer ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping, but he condemned invasion of Ukraine and voted in support of a U.N. Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is ready to make the country’s “facilities” available to American forces should NATO end up embroiled in Russia’s war in Ukraine.Īmbassador Jose Manuel Romualdez said the president declared his intention during a recent meeting in Manila.

Russia has already blocked other social media platforms, including Facebook and Twitter. 'I want to be crystal clear: our policies are focused on protecting people's rights to speech as an expression of self-defense in reaction to a military invasion of their country,' Clegg said.

Nick Clegg, the President of Global Affairs at Meta, said the temporary policy change only applies to people in Ukraine. In response, Russian prosecutors asked a court to designate Meta as an 'extremist organization.' It comes after Meta, Instagram's parent company, announced last week that it would temporarily allow 'for forms of political expression that would normally violate our rules like violent speech such as 'death to the Russian invaders.'' Russia's communications regulator, Roskomnadzor, informed users Friday that the service would be shut down and told them to move their photos and videos off the platform. About 80 million Russians who use Instagram were told that their access to the social media platform will be cut off at midnight on Sunday.

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