‘They are destroying us.’ People plea to escape flooded Russian-occupied areasEditor’s note: For this story, we spoke to people living or having family in the Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine. For their safety, they are identified by first name only. …
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that there are fierce battles going on in Donetsk Oblast, he is constantly in communication with military commanders.
Source: President in his evening address to Ukrainians on 8 June
Quote: “Security….
At 02:50 on 6 June, an anticipated disaster struck. It was warned about and feared, and sometimes even apocalyptic scenarios were used to describe its consequences.
Russian troops blew up the Kakhovska Hydroelectric Power Plant (HPP) dam, a stati…
Stephen Zhao: Tepid response to Kakhovka dam explosion paves way for nuclear disasterOn the morning of June 6 at around 2:50 a.m., an explosion erupts at the center of the Kakhovka dam, leading to its destruction and the flooding of much of Kherson Obl…
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has held a meeting in Kryvyi Rih to consider the problem of water supply to Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.
Source: Office of the President
Details: The meeting’s attendees discussed the implementation of projects involving main wa…
Prominent Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg has said that Russia has committed ecocide in southern Ukraine and must be punished for it.
Source: Greta Thunberg on Twitter
Quote: “This ecocide as a continuation of Russia’s unprovoked full-sca…
According to the State Emergency Service, 2,339 people, including 120 children, were evacuated[1] from the flooded areas of Kherson Oblast by June 8, 8:45 local time.Some 563 people, including 28 children, were saved from immediate danger.On the…
Satellite images shared by Planet Labs show the massive extent of the damage caused by the breach of the Kakhovka dam on June 6.Kherson Oblast Governor Oleksandr Prokudin said on June 8 that 600 square kilometers of the oblast had been flooded[1…
Dmytro Kuleba, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, had his first conversation ever with Hakan Fidan, the newly-appointed Head of Türkiye’s Foreign Ministry.
Source: European Pravda
Details: In his Twitter, Kuleba reported that he congratulate…
Ukraine war latest: 30 settlements flooded after Kakhovka dam destruction; 10,000 hectares of farmland expected to submergeKey developments on June 7: * Dam explosion floods dozens of settlements in Kherson Oblast * Over 10,000 hectares of farmland exp…