(ANSA) - TRIESTE, 11 SET - Negotiations Russia "does not reject" negotiations with Ukraine, but there are some "delays that complicate the process" of negotiations.

This was said by Foreign Minister Serghei Lavrov quoted by Tass.

In an interview with Rossiya-1 television, Lavrov reported that Vladimir Putin convened a meeting with the Duma, the lower house of parliament, and leaders of the different factions. "The president told the participants that we do not reject negotiations," Lavrov stressed, but he accused the Ukrainians of delaying the process of negotiations. Kiev, Putin said again according to Lavrov's account, "should understand that the longer it delays the process, the more difficult it will be to negotiate with us." The nuclear power plant Meanwhile, the state nuclear agency Energoatom has announced that the sixth and final reactor at the Zaporizhzhia power plant is no longer producing electricity. "Today, Sept. 11, 2022, at 03:41 a.m. (2:41 a.m. in Italy), unit No. 6 of the ZNPP (the nuclear power plant, ed.) was disconnected from the power grid," reads a statement from the agency. "Preparations for cooling and transfer to the cold state are underway. "The backup power line at Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (Znpp), which provides the plant with external electricity needed for reactor cooling and other safety functions, has been restored," the UN's International Atomic Energy Agency (IEAA) wrote in a tweet.

Chechen Kadyrov's ire "I, Ramzan Kadyrov, officially declare that all these cities (Izyum, Kupiansk and Balakliya) will be recaptured. Our people are already there, boys are trained for this work, another 10,000 fighters are ready to leave. And we will reach Odessa in the near future." This was said by Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, in an audio message on Telegram picked up by Meduza, after the liberation of the three Ukrainian cities in eastern Ukraine yesterday by Kiev forces.

The war on the ground "Positional battles are underway, resulting in the advance of troops and consolidation of territories," the command stressed, referring to yesterday's progress. "The enemy prefers to fight with artillery, trying to avoid direct contact. The enemy suffers losses and retreats." The command added that Russian forces launched 20 airstrikes on Ukrainian positions along the line of contact and adjacent territories yesterday. In response, Ukrainian troops hit areas near Nova Kakhovka and Prydniprovske with the largest presence of men and weapons, as well as ammunition depots near the city of Kherson. The Ukrainian Air Force shot down a Russian Su-34 fighter-bomber: this was announced on social media by the Air Force Command itself, Ukrinform reports. The footage posted on social media shows the burned wreckage of the aircraft scattered across a strip of forest as Ukrainian soldiers inspect the scene.

Russian forces shelled the right bank of Kupiansk in the Kharkiv region, which Kiev announced yesterday it had recaptured. This was announced by a member of the local city council, Vadym Krokhmal, quoted by Unian. "Kupiansk is divided into two halves by the Oskil River. Today, on the right bank, where the city center is located, the situation is not easy, but the area is already fully controlled by our military. There has been shelling of anti-aircraft systems," Krokhmal said, explaining that the toll of the attack is still being clarified.

The exodus According to Russian authorities, in the past 24 hours "thousands" of people have fled to Russia's Belgorod region from Kharkiv oblast, the scene of Kiev forces' counteroffensive in eastern Ukraine. "It was not the easiest night, nor the easiest morning. In the last 24 hours, thousands of people have crossed the border," Belgorod region governor Viaceslav Gladkov said in a video message posted on his Telegram channel.

The energy crisis Russia will not sell gas or oil to countries that impose price caps: the Russian energy minister reiterated this, Tass reports.

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