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Emergency drills have been carried out by Ukrainian workers wearing hazmat suits by the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant amid fears of a disaster on Friday following a Russian “provocation” warning. People have been acting out scenes for a potential nuclear disaster in Zaporizhzhia with workers wearing protective outfits and showing how they would take care of victims. Images showed people being hosed down while others were seen being taken to medical tents on stretchers. If the nuclear power plant, which is in the hands of the Russians, did go into meltdown then a car park in the town of Zaporizhzhia nearby, which is held by Ukrainians, would be used as a rescue base. The drills followed warnings from the Russian defence ministry of a "minor accident" at the nuclear power plant on Friday which it said would be carried out by Ukraine with the apparent aim of trying to put the blame on Vladimir Putin's forces. There are fears that there could be a disaster at the … [Read more...] about Fears of horrifying nuclear power plant strike today as Ukrainians hold disaster drills

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan heads to Ukraine Thursday as the most likely peacemaker in a war that has pitted NATO and the European Union firmly against Russia. Erdogan and United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres will meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the western city of Lviv, with the nascent UN-Turkish-facilitated Black Sea grain export deal likely top of the agenda. The Turkish president may also be carrying a message from Russian President Vladimir Putin , who he met in the Black Sea resort town of Sochi earlier this month. Erdogan—now needed by both Ukraine and Russia—may yet play a key role in any eventual ceasefire, though for now an end to the fighting looks unlikely. In the meantime Erdogan—ambitious, opportunistic, and pragmatic—will deal with both sides, seeking to stabilize its region, its beleaguered economy, and grow its international influence. "Turkey is trying to find a middle road," said Fatih Ceylan, … [Read more...] about Turkey’s Erdogan jostles to be Putin’s partner, Ukraine peacemaker

A woman is to have her second child with her former stepson who she married after having an affair with him behind his dad's back. Marina Balmasheva, 37, already has a daughter with Vladimir Shavyrin , now 23, who she raised from the age of seven. She was previously married to Vladimir’s father Alexey Shavyrin, 47, who she ditched for his son. He accused her of seducing Vladimir as a student when he came home on holiday from university. Alexey now cares alone for their five adopted children. “[We] are accepting your hearts and sincere wishes,” she posted to her 620,000 followers after announcing her pregnancy . She received 31,000 likes on her happy news. She and her former stepson already have a daughter Olga, 20 months, after her split from his father. Marina Balmasheva is expecting a second child with stepson Vladimir Shavyrin ( Image: @marina_balmasheva/Newsflash) She said: “We learned about the new pregnancy on an embankment in Sukhumi [Black Sea … [Read more...] about Woman, 37, pregnant with baby of man who is stepson she raised from age of seven

AFP Kyiv, Ukraine   ● Fri, August 19, 2022 2022-08-19 11:20 0 b2587592dd54281f57bdb7dba9144219 2 Europe Ukraine,Volodymir-Zelensky,Recep-Tayyip-Erdogan,nuclear-disaster,Ukraine-war,Russia Free Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned Thursday of a nuclear disaster in Ukraine during his first face-to-face talks with President Volodymyr Zelensky since Russia's invasion began, echoing pleas from the UN's chief. A flare-up in fighting around Europe's largest nuclear facility in Russian-controlled southern Ukraine has sparked urgent warnings from world leaders, and UN chief Antonio Guterres cautioned during talks with Erdogan that any damage to the plant would be akin to "suicide". "We are worried. We don't want another Chernobyl," Erdogan said during a press conference in the eastern city of Lviv, during which he also assured the Ukrainian leader that Ankara was a firm ally. "While continuing our efforts to find a solution, we remain on the side of our … [Read more...] about Erdogan warns of ‘another Chernobyl’ after talks in Ukraine

In the evenings, when my particular piece of Earth has turned away from the Sun, and is exposed instead to the rest of the cosmos, I sit in front of a keyboard, log on, and seek out the windows that look down at the planets and out at the stars. It's a markedly different experience from looking at reproductions on paper. What I see is closer to the source. In fact, it's indistinguishable from the source. These are images that have never registered on a negative. Like the Internet itself, they are products of a digitized era. Over the past couple of years I've been monitoring the long rectangular strips of Martian surface being beamed across the void, in a steady stream of zeroes and ones, from the umbrella-shaped high-gain antenna of the Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft. These pictures are so fresh that their immediacy practically crackles. Call it "chrono-clarity." That bluish wispy cloud, for example, hovering over the Hecates Tholus volcano, which rears above the pockmarked surface … [Read more...] about A Space in Time

NATO has touted exercises in Europe that it says show the military strength and unity of the alliance amid concerns in the bloc that Russia could widen its invasion of Ukraine beyond its borders. In a series of tweets, the U.S. mission to NATO shared images and video of recent drills in Poland , the Mediterranean and the Adriatic Seas , as Moscow continues to portray its invasion of Ukraine as a wider battle with the alliance. "Check out this live-fire exercise with troops, which took place in Drawsko Pomorskie, Poland, where America's forward-deployed corps in Europe train with our Allies and partners," one of the tweets said, with four images of military hardware being tested. Another tweet described how ships from the reaction force, NATO Maritime Group Two, had finished exercises in the Adriatic and Mediterranean seas and how alliance members "work every day to ensure strong maritime capabilities to deter aggression" as well as "preserve safety and security of the … [Read more...] about Photos show U.S., NATO military drills for “combat-readiness” in Europe