Russian war bloggers describe a massive Ukrainian ground attack launched overnight at multiple points in the Zaporizhia region. You speak of a very high number of tanks and a very high artillery load. And from isolated or overwhelmed Russian units. The destruction of the Kakhovka Dam has caused an environmental catastrophe: hundreds of thousands of people are without clean water and electricity. Thousands had to leave their homes. A very large area is polluted by oil, pesticides and lubricants and the ecological bomb threatens to spread beyond the Black Sea with very serious consequences. Moscow and Kiev continue to blame each other for causing this disaster.
The war in Ukraine, what is there to know?
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11:45 a.m
Ukrainian media: “Russians prevent local residents from fleeing flood”
In Oleshky in the Kherson region, “residents cannot leave the city on the left bank of the Dnipro River, occupied and flooded after the explosion of the Kakhovka dam, because the Russians will not release them and will not allow them to move to areas, where this is the case.” are not submerged”. This was reported by Ukrainian public television Suspilne, adding that there were casualties but the number could not yet be determined. The military of the Russian Federation throws people out of non-flooded premises and settles them on the upper floors of apartment buildings, Suspilne says.
(agf) 11:30
Belarusian President Lukashenko: “I will meet Putin soon”
The Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko He said he plans to meet the Russian president “soon”. Wladimir Putin: This was reported by the Interfax agency, citing the Belarusian state news agency Belta. Lukashenko reportedly made the announcement at a meeting of secretaries of CSTO member countries’ security councils in Minsk
11:08
Kiev, alert due to the rise of the Inhulets river
Alert of the head of the district administration of Beryslav, Kherson region, Volodymyr Litvinov on the risk of inland flooding due to the rising level of the Inhulets River. Litvinov writes in Telegram that after the explosion of the Kakhovka dam there was an uncontrolled flow of water from the Dnipro river downstream: “There is a rise in the water level in the Inhulets river, which flows into the Dnipro,” Litvinov warned: “Due to the Flooding the bridge it is not possible to reach the village of Zapovit. The water is approaching residents’ homes,” he wrote.
10:38
Pro-Russians, 5 dead and 41 injured in Kachowka Dam collapse
When the Kachowka Dam collapsed, five people died and 41 were injured. This explains the head of the pro-Russian city administration, Vadimir Leontyev.
10:20
Zelenskyy visits the flooded areas after the dam burst
President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, traveled to the Kherson region, which has been hit by floods since Tuesday after the destruction of the Kakhovka dam. “Business trip to Kherson region. Coordination meeting to deal with the consequences of the Kachowka dam explosion,” he posted on his social networks, explaining that he particularly wanted to “compensate the residents affected by the disaster”. “In Kherson, I visited a transit area where people are evacuated from flooded areas. Our task is to protect lives and help people as much as possible,” Zelenskyy wrote on Telegram, posting a video of the flooded areas.
10:15
Russia, we look forward to visiting the IAEA Director-General
The Director General of the IAEA, Rafael Grossi, is expected in Russia, the date and place of the visit will be announced later. He announced it Alexei Likhachev, head of the state-owned company Rosatom. “We are waiting for Grossi, he will certainly arrive, as he said himself, but it is not clear where and whether he will come before or after the visit to the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant,” said the official of the competent Atomic Energy Agency. “We continue to consider the role of the IAEA mission at the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant to be extremely important and its presence extremely timely and relevant, as this is obviously an additional safeguard against an attack on the power plant,” Likhachev said.
09:47
Lukashenko: “There is no Ukrainian counter-offensive, only propaganda”
The Ukrainian counter-offensive is an example of great disinformation, there is no counter-offensive. This was stated by the Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko cited by the tax. Lukashenko met with the Secretary of the Russian Security Council in Minsk today, Nikolai Patrushev, The two security issues discussed.
(Portal) 09:35
Kiev: Many Russian attacks yesterday, 2 cannon shots on the Kherson districts
Yesterday, despite extensive flooding, the Russians conducted 34 bombing raids, fired 193 mortar shells, cannon fire, Grad rockets and drone strikes, and also fired two artillery shells at populated residential areas in the city of Kherson, which was partially submerged by the water of the Dnipro River. This is what the governor of the Ukrainian Kherson Oblast says: Oleksandr Prokudinin a morning message to his Telegram channel, adding that no civilians were killed or injured.
(handle) 09:20
Kiev: Russia lost 730 soldiers in the last day of fighting
Russia has lost 730 men in the last day, bringing its ranks to 212,760 since the day Moscow attacked Ukraine on February 24. This was announced in the daily bulletin of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, just published on Facebook, which reports figures that cannot be independently verified. According to reports from the Ukrainian military, Russian losses so far amount to 212,760 men, 3,891 tanks, 7,576 armored vehicles, 3,668 artillery systems, 595 multiple rocket launchers and 355 anti-aircraft systems. Russian forces also lost 314 aircraft, 299 helicopters, 6,384 vehicles, 18 naval units and 3,234 drones, according to the bulletin, which states that the data is being updated due to the intense fighting.
One of the flooded streets of Kherson (curve) 09:15
Governor of Kherson: After the destruction of the dam, 600 square kilometers are flooded
The destruction of the Kakhovka Dam has inundated an area of more than 600 square kilometers in southern Ukraine, both on the Ukrainian-controlled right bank of the Dnieper and on the Russian-held left bank. This was announced by a Ukrainian governor. “In the Kherson region, 600 square kilometers are flooded. 32% are on the right bank and 68% on the left bank,” said Oleksandr Prokudi, governor of the Kherson region.
08:45
The Institute for War Research: “Floods have changed the front”
The destruction of the dam of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station significantly changes the geography and topography of the Kherson front in southern Ukraine. This is what the US think tank ISW (Institute for the Study of War) writes in its latest update, adding that the flooding is likely to worsen over the next 72 hours and further change the geography of the Kherson district. The dam’s destruction is affecting Russian military positions on the east bank of the Dnipro River, the ISW said, as the floods destroyed many Russian frontline fortifications that the Moscow Army planned to use to defend against Ukrainian attacks. The rapid flooding likely forced Russian military personnel and equipment at key Russian concentration points of Oleshky and Hola Prystan to retreat. Previously, Russian forces had used these positions to shell the city of Kherson and other settlements on the west bank of Kherson. The flood also destroyed Russian minefields along the coast, and there are footage showing mines exploding in the water.
A picture of the Kakhovka Dam after the destruction (Portal) 08:13
The Russians: “The Ukrainians are attacking violently in the Zaporizhia area. The shooting continues”
Russian sources said Ukrainians are pushing to break through the defenses in Zaporizhia. Russian war bloggers describe a massive Ukrainian ground attack launched overnight at multiple points in the region. You speak of a very high number of tanks and a very high artillery load. And from isolated or overwhelmed Russian units. “Numerous shells exploded in the foremost positions. Several armored groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine went into action during the night.” At five in the morning, a second wave of attacks would have had some success: “Howitzers and MLRS are firing continuously.”
The area of the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant (afp) 07:57
Nova Kakhovka Dam destroyed, three drowned
Three people have died in floods after the destruction of the Nova Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine. This was reported by local media, making them the first confirmed victims of the disaster that Kiev and Moscow blame each other for.
07:56
IAEA, vital integrity of Zaporizhia after dam collapse
“It is important to maintain the integrity of the power plant’s cooling pond and spillway at the Zaporizhia NPP. It is imperative that the power plant has sufficient water to provide the site with the necessary cooling for the coming months,” said Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency Rafael Mariano Grossi after the explosion of the Kakhovka Dam, which supplies the power plant with water supplied as stated on the IAEA website.
05:58
Aiea: The water level at Zaporizhia Plant has dropped
Work is underway to ensure that the cooling reservoir of the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant has the maximum amount of water after the destruction of the Kakhova dam. This was announced by the IAEA, as reported by the Kiev Independent. The water level of the reservoir continues to fall after the hydroelectric power station was destroyed, the International Atomic Energy Agency has warned.
04:23
Kiev: 5 years and $1 billion to rebuild dam and power plant
The construction of a new dam and power plant after the destruction of the Kakhovka barrage will take at least five years and cost a billion dollars. This was stated by the head of the Ukrainian state-owned energy company Ukrhydroenergo Ihor Syrota, the Kiev Independent newspaper reported.
Metropolis/345 Live – Ukraine, Di Feo: “From Stalin to Hitler: the history of the Nova Kakhovka Dam between war and peace”
03:50
Rasmussen: Some NATO countries could send troops to Ukraine
Some NATO countries may decide to deploy troops on the ground in Ukraine if the alliance fails to give meaningful security guarantees to Kyiv at the Vilnius summit on July 11-12, the alliance’s former secretary-general Anders Rasmussen told the Guardian . “We know that Poland is very committed to providing concrete assistance to Kiev, and I would not rule out that it will become even more involved in this regard at the national level and will be followed by the Baltic States, perhaps with the possibility of sending troops .” the floor,” he told Rasmussen.
03:03
Air warning in three Ukrainian regions, explosions in Sumy
According to online map data from Ukraine’s Ministry of Digital Transformation, an airborne warning has been issued in Ukraine’s Poltava, Sumy and Chernihiv regions. According to the online map, the alarm went off at 1:05 a.m. local time. Some Ukrainian media reported about explosions in Sumy. This was reported by the Russian agency RIA Novosti.
02:45
Zelenskyy: Kherson is a catastrophe, the world must react
“The situation in the occupied part of the Kherson region is absolutely catastrophic. The occupiers simply left the people in these terrible conditions. Without help, without water, on the roofs of flooded communities. And that is another premeditated crime of Russia: afterwards.” “The terror state has caused a catastrophe, it also maximizes the damage.” According to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a long video he posted on his Twitter after the destruction of the Kakhovka dam -Profile published. “We now need a clear and swift response from the world to what is happening,” he added.
Mass death of fish on the banks of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station
02:39
The house-museum of the painter Polina Raiko was also flooded
The house-museum of the famous Ukrainian painter Polina Raiko (Pelaheja Andriivna Rajko) was also flooded by the water due to the destruction of the Kakhovka Dam, local media reported.
The building is located in the flood-hit city of Oleshky. Polina Raiko was a self-taught Symbolist painter. At the age of 69 he began painting and frescoed his home. She died in 2004 at the age of 75 and her house became a museum and a national cultural monument of Ukraine.
00:12
Draghi: “Ukraine must win, otherwise it will be fatal for the EU”
“The brutal Russian invasion of Ukraine was not an act of unpredictable madness” but “a deliberate move” by Vladimir Putin and “a deliberate blow to the EU”. The existential values of the European Union are peace, freedom and respect for democracy, sovereignty,” and “that is why there is no alternative for the United States, Europe and their allies but to ensure that Ukraine wins this war,” he said former Prime Minister Mario Draghi speaking at MIT in Boston. For Draghi, accepting a Russian victory would be “a fatal blow for the EU”.
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