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EU leaders are determined to "act very quickly" on a plan to use the profits from frozen Russian central bank assets to arm Ukraine, the European Council President Charles Michel says. The proposal, at the heart of talks between leaders in Brussels, could unlock some three billion euros ($3.3 billion) a year for Kyiv -- once given a final green light. SOUNDBITE
Wagner's aborted mutiny shows that Moscow's war in Ukraine is splintering Russian power, and instability in the nuclear-armed power is "not a good thing", the EU's top diplomat says. SOUNDBITE
Images of Rafael Grossi, head of the UN Atomic Agency (IAEA), arriving at the Moscow-controlled Zaporizhzhia power plant on a trip organised by the Russian army. Grossi is flanked by soldiers in combat clothing on what is his second visit to the site of Europe's largest nuclear power station, following one in September 2022. IAEA staff are also present, including three inspectors reporting to colleagues on site. IMAGES
Images show a hospital in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv plunged into darkness after Russian strikes pound critical infrastructure across the country. Lviv has been left completely without power according to the city's mayor. IMAGES
Volodymyr Zelensky urges "just punishment" against Russia in his address to the UN Assembly. The UN should "remove the right of veto," says the Ukrainian president during a video speech. SOUNDBITE