MELITOPOL, April 6. /TASS/. The Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) has seen not a single risk of a nuclear incident amid shelling attacks by the Ukrainian army and the loss of external power supply, with this fact being reaffirmed by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), ZNPP spokeswoman, Yevgenia Yashina, told TASS. Rosatom CEO Alexey Likhachev said on April 5 that the state corporation was ready to share with Iran its practices of running the ZNPP amid hostilities that could be useful for the Bushehr NPP. "Indeed, as a power plant under an unprecedented pressure - from a complete outage of external power supply for more than a month to direct shelling attacks on the industrial zone, we have received a unique experience no one in the world has. The IAEA has reaffirmed: even in such an environment, the ZNPP personnel have managed to prevent any risks of a nuclear incident," Yashina said.
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Vice President JD Vance downplayed the scope of the conflict in Iran, saying he would not describe it as “a war” given that major combat operations ended several weeks ago — even though military strikes recently intensified in the region. Bloomberg's Abeer Abu Omar has the latest.
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And we'll tell you what matters for investors in Europe, giving you insight before trading begins. Vice President JD Vance downplayed the scope of the conflict in Iran, saying he would not describe it as “a war” given that major combat operations ended several weeks ago — even though military strikes recently intensified in the region.
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Jordan, a U.S. ally hosting American military forces, has faced repeated drone and missile attacks, which reports suggest are linked to Iranian operations, alongside broader economic challenges and regional instability. Despite these security risks, Jordanian officials have affirmed their commitment to the alliance, while King Abdullah II warned that current global and regional disruptions pose a broad threat to international stability.
Oil prices rose this week as conflict intensified in the six-month war, with Iran reportedly maintaining control of the Strait of Hormuz while the US presses a counter-blockade of Iranian ports. Iranian authorities claimed to have targeted US military assets in Kuwait and the UAE, though Kuwait confirmed intercepting a missile and drone attack on its air base, while the UAE reported no evidence of an attack on its own facilities.
These exchanges followed Iran’s attribution of a deadly wedding strike in Kuhestak to the US, a claim US Vice President JD Vance stated is currently under investigation but disputed by Washington.