​The International Atomic Energy ⁠Agency said on Thursday that the ⁠Zaporizhzhia ​nuclear ⁠power plant ⁠in southeastern Ukraine ​lost ⁠all off-site ‌power following an overnight ‌attack on an ‌electrical substation.

The ⁠outage was the 19th since the start of Russia’s ‌war ​in Ukraine ‌in 2022.

The ambassadors of ​France, Germany and Britain arrived for a meeting at the Russian Foreign Ministry on Thursday, the ministry said in a ⁠statement that did not provide a reason or any further detail.

The ministry published video of the three diplomats arriving and entering the ⁠building in central Moscow.

The ​leaders ⁠of France, Germany and Britain – who head an informal security alliance called ⁠the E3 that is one of Ukraine’s ​main ⁠sources of international ‌support – met with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky in London last Sunday, where they said they ‌supported his call for a ‌ceasefire.

At the meeting in Downing Street, the four agreed that the current line of contact between ⁠Russian and Ukrainian forces should be the starting point for talks; that Ukraine should have legally binding security guarantees, including the deployment of a multinational force; and that frozen Russian financial assets would remain immobilised until ‌Russia had compensated Ukraine for the damage ​caused by the war.

Russian president ‌Vladimir Putin has ⁠stuck to his hardline stance on the ⁠war, but he also suggested last week that ‌US president Donald ​Trump’s proposals for peace ‌could help end ​the fighting.

Wars in the Middle East and Ukraine are set to dominate next week’s G7 summit, as host France crafts an agenda aimed at projecting unity and avoiding confrontation with US president Donald Trump.

The 15-17 June gathering in Evian-les-Bains, on the shore of Lake Geneva, brings together the leaders of France, Britain, Canada, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United States, alongside the European Union.

With Trump struggling to end a war that ⁠has disrupted the global economy, and frustrated with European allies he deems to have failed him in the Gulf and grown over-reliant on the US for their security needs, diplomats say crisis management will be the focus.

No breakthrough decisions are thus expected on key issues, which also include tackling global economic imbalances and sourcing critical minerals outside China.

The grouping, founded half a century ago, has traditionally addressed economic and geopolitical challenges with broad consensus. But that cohesion has frayed since Trump returned to the White House in 2025.

Having already shifted the dates to accommodate Trump’s birthday plans for cage fighting on the White House ⁠lawn, French officials, like other recent summit hosts, have set the bar low, suggesting it will be a ​success ⁠if Trump just stays for the whole event, having left the 2025 version early.

“Macron has gone out of his way to have an agenda that is designed to appeal to the sort of things President Trump wants,” said Josh Lipsky, chair of international economics at the Atlantic Council.

The Ukrainian military has used domestically- produced FP-5 Flamingo cruise missiles to strike targets deep within Russia.

These missiles entered service in 2025 with a 3,000km range that carry a tonne of explosives designed for low-altitude flight to avoid detection.

Proposed associated European Union membership for Ukraine would mean the country would be able to participate in the EU council meetings and have an EU commissioner without voting rights, German chancellor Friedrich Merz has said.

It comes a day after German foreign minister Johann Wadephul said that he was ⁠optimistic European Union accession negotiations with Ukraine can start soon.

Ukraine is ‌pressing for membership of the 27-member EU after more ⁠than four years of war pitting Kyiv against Moscow.

All EU members agreed to open talks with Ukraine and ‌Moldova on the first ​cluster of issues ‌in their ⁠accession talks, Ukrainian prime ⁠minister Yulia Svyrydenko announced last ‌week.

Merz added: “Out goal for Ukraine remains a just and lasting peace that also takes German security interests into account.”

Ukraine ⁠has attacked ⁠bridges ​in the ⁠Russian-held ⁠part ​of ⁠Ukraine’s ‌southern Kherson region, causing ‌damage, ‌Russian-installed ⁠governor Vladimir Saldo said on Thursday.

Italian prime minister ⁠Giorgia Meloni called on Thursday for ⁠European ​allies ⁠of Ukraine ⁠to name a ​single ⁠representative in ‌talks with Russia ‌aimed at ending ‌the war.

“I support ⁠the need to name an authoritative figure … to represent Europe,” ‌Meloni ​told ‌parliament.

Russian forces have hit Ukraine with two Iskander-M ballistic missiles and 221 drones of various types overnight on Thursday.

Ukraine’s air defence said it downed 195 UAVs.

“Early reports indicated that as of 07:30, [Ukrainian] air defence forces had destroyed or jammed 195 Shahed, Gerbera, Italmas and other types of drones in the country’s north, south and east,” it said.