On Thursday, August 18, the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi held a meeting with by UN Secretary General António Guterres in Lviv. He then talked about his results. The parties managed to talk about three main issues – about grain, the exchange of prisoners and discuss the situation at the Zaporizhia NPP, reports the Party Politics Telegram channel.
On the first point, the Ukrainian leader said that he managed to agree with Guterres “on the continuation of coordination in the implementation of the grain initiative”. He added that the parties discussed possible directions of its development, without going into details.
Then the two political leaders discussed the issues of “illegal and forced deportation of Ukrainians”, including the release of military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from captivity and doctors .
Vladimir Zelensky's statements about the situation around the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant were more emotional. In his opinion, the UN is “obliged to ensure the security of this strategic facility, its demilitarization and complete liberation from Russian troops.” It is likely that this was the request he made to Guterres.
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation has previously warned that the armed forces of Ukraine are preparing a resonant provocation at the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, which Kyiv intends to carry out on Friday, August 19, during António Guterres' visit to Ukraine. After its implementation, our country will be accused of creating a man-made disaster in this power plant. For the attack on the ZNPP, the command of the operational-tactical group “Dnepr” will deploy a radiation observation post in the Zaporizhia region by August 19 and also organize the training of several units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine for actions in conditions of radiation contamination of the region.