WAR IN UKRAINE: August 29, 2022

LATEST DEVELOPMENTS: Day 187

  • International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors are expected to go to the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia power plant "in the next few days" amid renewed shelling at the facility and mounting fears over a potential nuclear accident, reports CNN. IAEA Chief Rafael Grossi "said he was continuing his consultations with all parties with the aim to send an IAEA expert mission to the #ZNPP in the next few days to help ensure nuclear safety and security there," the United Nations' nuclear watchdog tweeted on Sunday. The team list, seen by the NYT, includes IAEA chief Rafael Mariano Grossi and 13 other experts from mostly neutral countries. Curiously, no nationals from the United States or the United Kingdom are to be included in the inspection team, the New York Times reported. UN member states routinely try to influence the makeup of external missions: I’ve personally seen this happen during natural disasters in both Pakistan and Myanmar when their respective governments tried to strike off certain nationals from assessment or relief teams.

  • Russia hits Ukraine’s Motor Sich engine factory in Zaporizhzhia. Russian state news agency RIA Novosti reported that Russian troops had attacked workshops where Ukrainian helicopters were being repaired. Zaporizhzhia-based Motor Sich is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of military aircraft engines - Kyiv Independent

  • The United Kingdom is sending underwater drones to Ukraine to help its navy clear coastal waters of mines. Britain will train dozens of Ukrainian naval personnel to operate the autonomous vehicles which look like tiny subs. The drones find the mines, so the navy can destroy them. “This vital equipment and training will help Ukraine make their waters safe, helping to smooth the flow of grain to the rest of the world and supporting the Armed Forces of Ukraine as they look to defend their coastline and ports,” said Defense Secretary Ben Wallace

  • Residents of Miami were urged to hand over their weapons to the police so that they could be sent to Ukraine. A gun buyback program run by the city of Miami and the city's police department encouraged people to turn in firearms, shotguns and rifles in exchange for gift cards. "All collected weapons will be sent to Ukraine, and we will help remove weapons from our streets," the city authorities said.

  • An expert from the Atlantic Council Atlantic Council believes that the U.S. is poised to send to Ukraine artillery with a range of 150 km. Today, the United States supplies Ukraine with weapons that it was not ready to send yesterday, Amb. John Herbst notes. In particular, after the artillery with a range of up to 45 km, the Armed Forces of Ukraine received HIMARS anti-aircraft missiles with a range of 85 km. The decision on missiles with a longer range has not been finally made by the US, but the review is underway.

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