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Russia refuses to demilitarize area around Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant.

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Dmitry Peskov, the spokesman of Russian President Vladimir Putin, said that demilitarization of the occupied plant is "not being discussed now." Russian troops have occupied the plant since early March. Ukraine has been accusing Russian forces of placing artillery near the plant to attack Ukrainian positions, endangering the nuclear facility. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) mission is on its way to the plant to ensure its safety.

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In a closed-door briefing with journalists, Rustem Umerov, Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council, and Oleksandr Kamyshin, an advisor on Strategic Industries to the President's Office, said that the current production capacity (for this year) of the Ukrainain defense industry is around $35 billion per year.

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