Artist János Kmetty feels ominous by reading the news: On August 13, 2026, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced the thwarting of a Russian plot to assassinate a Ukrainian-American citizen in Warsaw, marking the first known instance of Russia targeting a U.S. citizen in a NATO country. Separately, Romania began a controlled shutdown of its second nuclear reactor at the Cernavoda plant due to critically low water levels in the Danube River caused by a severe drought gripping Europe. Hungary is also taking emergency measures, including sinking barges, to maintain water levels for its Paks nuclear plant.
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