UK Defense Chief Makes Unannounced Visit To U.S. To Discuss Ukraine

UK Defense Chief Makes Unannounced Visit to US to Discuss Ukraine

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UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace went to the United States on Tuesday without having made a prior announcement to discuss assistance to Ukraine, the UK Prime Minister's spokesman said.

"The US has been, alongside us, one of the leading allies of Ukraine, taking a leading role, so this is a chance for the Defence Secretary to meet with his counterparts and have further discussions about ways we can continue to support [Ukraine]," the spokesman said, as quoted by the British newspaper The Telegraph.

Ukrainian Troops Will Not Be Allowed to Enter Russia's Kherson - Regional Authorities

Kirill Stremousov, deputy head of the administration of the Russian Kherson Region, said that despite the West pushing Kiev to active military operations, Ukrainian troops will not be allowed to enter the city of Kherson.

Earlier, acting regional governor Vladimir Saldo said the decision had been made to move the civilian population of the Berislav, Belozersky, Snigirevsky and Aleksandrovsky municipalities to the left bank of the Dnieper.

"According to the information we have, the Ukro-Nazis, pushed by the West, will soon begin an offensive on the city of Kherson. Shelling of the city of Kherson and the right-bank part of the Kherson Region is not ruled out," Stremousov said in a video message published on his Telegram channel.

Russia to Organize Meeting on US Biological Laboratories' Activities in Ukraine

Russia will conduct a consultative meeting under the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC) to discuss the United States' activities in military-biological laboratories in Ukraine, the Russian delegation deputy head at the UN First Committee on Disarmament and International Security Konstantin Vorontsov said.

"We have not received exhaustive explanations that could completely allay any of the doubts concerning these activities and thus straightened out the situation that had prompted the Russian side to convene a consultative meeting under BTWC Article 5," Vorontsov told the members of the UN First Committee on Tuesday.

‘Secret Scripts’ Prepared by BBC Could Be Used in Winter Blackouts Prompted by Energy Crisis

For the first time in 50 years, England, Scotland, and Wales could lose their power in three-hour increments if energy supplies in Europe continue to be stressed, according to the BBC. The National Grid has recently listed wintertime energy scenarios, and some of them leave distributors no choice but to cut off electricity to homes and companies. 

Newly surfaced reports have indicated that secret scripts were written by BBC journalists as part of routine emergency planning in the event that energy shortages prompt rolling blackouts in the coming winter.