Gas supplies through the Nord Stream will be suspended from 31 August to 2 September for "maintenance".
The Russian company Gazprom made it known, the announcement immediately caused a rise in the price of gas , which reached a maximum of 262.78 euros (+ 9.04%), before settling at 244.55 euros.
Meanwhile, Putin, in a phone call with Macron, gave the green light to the deployment of an IAEA mission to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant . The Russian president, in the course of a telephone call with the French leader, warned that the bombing of the plant - which the Russians blame in Kiev - pose the risk of a "large-scale catastrophe".
On the war front, during the night, Moscow targeted Mykolaiv and Kharkiv , where loud explosions were heard. A series of attacks also took place in Melitopol , a town in the Zaporizhzhia region occupied by Russian forces. However, Ukraine resists and responds: in fact, multiple attacks by Kiev forces on Crimea and other territories occupied by the Russians are reported, attacks conducted through drones .
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Kiev attacks Crimea with drones
Other drone attacks on Russian targets were reported in Crimea and other occupied parts of Ukraine. The BBC writes it. "Smoke rises over the headquarters of the Russian Federation's Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol," Ukrainian public broadcaster Suspilne reported this morning, citing local media and posting videos from the scene.
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