Zelenskiy says dam attack an ‘environmental bomb of mass destruction’ – as it happened

12.29am BST

The Kyiv Independent reports that Ukraine will allocate US$40.6 million for the construction of new water mains:

⚡ Government to allocate $40.6 million for new water mains.

Ukraine’s government will allocate Hr 1.5 billion ($40.6 million) for the construction of new water mains following the breach of the Kakhovka dam, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal announced on June 6.

— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) June 6, 2023

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Russian forces fire at ammonia pipeline in Kharkiv, says governor

Russian forces repeatedly fired at an ammonia pipeline in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region, a local governor said on Tuesday, a conduit potentially crucial for the extension of a deal allowing the safe export of grains and fertilisers from Black Sea ports.

Reuters report that the ammonia pipeline, the world’s longest, stretches about 2,470 kilometres (1,534 miles) from Russia’s Togliatti on the Volga River to three Black Sea ports. It has been shut down since Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

There was no recorded leakage from the late Tuesday shelling that hit the pipeline near the village of Masiutivka and an overnight shelling near the village of Zapadne, said Oleh Sinehubov, the governor of Ukraine’s Kharkiv region.

“There is no threat to people’s lives and health,” Sinehubov said on the Telegram messaging app.

Reuters could not independently verify the reports.