4:14 p.m. ET, September 2, 2022
It's nighttime in Kyiv. Catch up here on the latest headlines.
From CNN staff
These are the latest developments from the war in Ukraine today:
Price cap on Russian oil: Finance ministers from the G7 nations released a joint statement announcing that they have agreed to
implement a price cap on Russian oil and petroleum products in an attempt to weaken Russian revenues and Russia's ability to fund the war.
Russia's Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak earlier warned that Moscow would
no longer supply countries that choose to implement such restrictions.
Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant: A
team of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors remains at the site, as the head of the UN nuclear watchdog pledged to have a "continued presence" at the plant. Ukrainian state nuclear operator Energoatom said a
second reactor out of six is now up and running.
Meanwhile, Ukrainian officials have demanded that the IAEA press for the demilitarization of the area around the plant, which is currently held by Russian forces. The plant and the adjacent city of Enerhodar have endured persistent shelling that has raised fears of a nuclear accident through the interruption of the power supply to the facility. Each side continues to accuse the other of acts of nuclear terrorism. CNN is unable to verify what strikes occurred or who was responsible.
Key pipeline halted: Russian gas giant Gazprom is completely stopping gas supplies to Nord Stream 1 — which is the biggest pipeline bringing Russian natural gas to Europe — citing an oil leak, Gazprom said in a statement on Friday.
Following a 72-hour shutdown of the pipeline that started Wednesday in order to perform what it said was maintenance work, Gazprom was due to resume gas flows on Saturday.
Battle lines: Russian forces have suffered "significant losses" in the southern region of Kherson following the Ukrainian counteroffensive launched earlier this week, Ukraine's military said Friday. The military said it is keeping up the pressure on Russian forces in
Kherson, with attacks on several targets Thursday, including bridges across the Dnipro river. Ukraine claimed it
destroyed a ferry crossing and an ammunition depot in the south.
The Ukrainian military also said the situation in the
eastern Donetsk region is virtually unchanged, despite weeks of efforts by Russian forces and their allies in the Donbas militias to take new territory.