Tense climate in Taiwan, the West Bank and Ukraine
Yet high tension in Taiwanwhose army has started an artillery exercise with live shells to simulate a defense of the island, after days of Chinese military maneuvers, a strong response to the visit to the island by the speaker of the American House Nancy Pelosi. Beijing announces that he will do an exercise with live bullets between 11 and 13 August. The Taipei Foreign Minister, Joseph Wu, accuses China of preparing the invasion of the island to change its status quo. Peking’s answer is shortly thereafter: “China is one and the median line does not exist”.
Another hot front in West Bank, in Nablus: three Palestinians killed today in a fire fight with the Israeli army and 40 wounded, of which four were seriously injured. Among the victims is a fighter of the Islamic Jihad local. This was reported by the official Palestinian news agency Wafaaccording to which, further south, a Hebrona 17-year-old boy was shot to death by the fire of soldiers during clashes between army units and groups of demonstrators who took to the streets to protest the killing of the three Palestinian soldiers.
Still fear inside Ukraine for the nuclear power plant of Zaporizhzhia, badly damaged. L’EU condemns the attacks in recent days on the plant, but assures “the radiation is in accordance with the law”. On the heavy field in the Donetsk, with persistent Russian bombing. As the 15% reduction in gas consumption in the European Union – percentage which falls to 7% for Italy – to face the energy price crisis. There Russia in tune it also cuts oil to the EUinterrupting deliveries through theDruzhba oil pipelinepassing through Ukraine, towards Hungary, Slovakia And Czech Republic.