UN inspectors head to Ukraine nuclear plant despite fighting
Heavy shelling leads to an emergency shutting down of one of the Zaporizhzhia power plant's reactors.
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Ukraine chief rabbi cautions Jewish pilgrims against traveling to Uman
Moshe Reuven Azman stresses that Ukraine does not have the resources to protest the Jewish worshippers amid fighting on the frontlines against the Russian invasion.
Russia reportedly running into problems with Iran-made drones
Iran’s foreign minister, Hossein-Amir Abdollahian, said in July that Tehran had “various types of collaboration with Russia, including in the defense sector.”
IAEA announces mission to troubled Ukraine nuclear plant
“The day has come,” Grossi wrote on Twitter, adding that the Vienna-based IAEA’s “Support and Assistance Mission ... is now on its way.”
Ukraine says Russia could time attacks to hit Jewish pilgrims
Ukraine said it would not prevent the Jewish visitors from arriving in Uman, although the SBU said, “those who partake in the event would have to fully abide by the rules, including the curfews and the evacuation procedures when air sirens are heard.”
Pro-Russia forces in Ukraine free captured Israeli man
Vladimir Kozlovsky was reportedly given over to the Russian Jewish community and will later go to Israel to join his wife in Tel Aviv.
Ukraine Independence Day marred by violence as 22 reported killed in Russian strike
For days, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has warned that Russia might attempt "something particularly cruel" on the national holiday.
WATCH: Ukraine chief rabbi releases song in honor of country's Independence Day
"As the rabbi of Ukraine, I wanted to prepare a gift in honor of this occasion," Moshe Reuven Azman says.
Lapid to travel to Germany to discuss procurement of Israel's Arrow 3 missile defense system
Germany is looking to acquire the defense system to defend against threats, including Russian Iskander missiles in Kaliningrad.
'Germany should send money to families of Munich victims rather than Palestinians'
After Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas' Holocaust denial, Germany has increasingly been called on to impose sanctions on the PA and decrease its aid to the Palestinians.