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Bridge connecting Ukraine to Crimean peninsula ‘unusable’ after attack, says Russian-installed governor – as it happened

Vladimir Saldo, the Moscow-installed governor of the southern Ukrainian region of Kherson, says Chongar bridge would be closed for around 20 days

The Guardian - AU

Ukrainian strike hits Crimea bridge

MOSCOW: A Ukrainian strike damaged a bridge that connects southern Ukraine to the annexed Crimean peninsula, a Russian official said on Thursday, as tensions again rose over a Moscow-held nuclear power plant.

Bangkok Post

Ukraine missiles damage bridge to Crimea: Russian officials

The Chonhar road bridge is damaged but there are no casualties, Russian-appointed officials in Kherson and Crimea say.

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Ukraine's troops long planned their move on Russian forces. Then came the flood

Soldiers spent months making clandestine trips across Ukraine's Dnipro River to plan the counteroffensive. Instead of facing off against Russian forces, this unit found itself fighting floodwaters.

WEKU

UK donor conference on Ukraine reconstruction closes with €60 billion in pledges

An international conference on the funding of Ukraine’s reconstruction drew to a close in London, with foreign donors pledging €60 billion in new financial support, UK Foreign Minister James Cleverley said at its closing session. Earlier on Thursday, Ukrainian forces carried out a missile strike on the Chonhar bridge connecting…

France 24

Ukraine missile ‘hits’ bridge between Russia-held Kherson and Crimea

A Ukrainian missile strike hit the bridge connecting Russian-held parts of the southern Kherson region with the annexed Crimea peninsula, officials said on Thursday.

Evening Standard

UN report says Russian armed forces have used 91 children as human shields – as it happened

UN’s secretary general accuses Russia of killing 136 children in Ukraine in 2022, adding its armed forces to a global list of offenders

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Ukraine-Russia war – live: Putin claims nuclear-capable Satan 2 missiles ready for combat in ‘near future’

Kyiv’s forces achieved ‘partial success’ in southern operations on Tuesday, deputy defence minister claims

The Independent UK

Russia-Ukraine war: ‘difficult situation’ in east as Russia deploys more troops to frontline, minister says – as it happened

Ukraine deputy defence minister says Russia is continuing efforts to occupy the whole of the Donbas

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Retired British woman volunteering in Ukraine has bank account shut by Lloyds

Former social worker now helping in Kherson says her account was closed after missing a text message

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine takes back control of village on Zaporizhzhia front in counteroffensive

Russia acknowledged on Sunday that Ukraine had recaptured a village in the southern Zapororizhzhia region, its first gain on that front since it launched its counteroffensive earlier this month. Ukraine also on Sunday said its forces had destroyed a “significant” ammunition depot near the Russian-occupied port city of Henichesk. Follow…

France 24

Rescuers are braving snipers and racing time to ferry Ukrainians out of Russian-occupied flood zones

Massive flooding from the destruction of a huge dam has devastated towns along the lower Dnieper River in Ukraine and forced many civilians to flee to rooftops, attics and higher ground

The Independent UK

Mapped: The damage caused by Ukraine’s devastated dam

Thousands forced to flee flooded homes in Kherson as devastating eco-disaster on Dnipro river decimates local agricultural sector and imperils Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant

The Independent UK

Postcard from a drowned city — corpses, floating land mines and rockets in the canals of Kherson

The catastrophic Nova Kakhovka dam explosion has turned Kherson into what the locals are calling ‘Venice from hell.’ Tom Mutch reports from a humanitarian and environmental disaster zone

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‘Masterpiece’ house is latest victim of Putin’s war on Ukrainian heritage

Artists from across Ukraine made pilgrimages to Polina Rayko’s home, which many fear has been destroyed after Kakhovka dam collapse

Al Jazeera

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 474

As the war enters its 474th day, these are the main developments.

Evening Standard

Dam flood waters recede but fears over disease as Ukraine disaster takes toll

The size of the flooded area in the Kherson region as a result of the Kakhovka dam breach has almost halved but fears over disease from polluted water mark the next phase of the crisis.

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war live: Ukraine says flood evacuees killed by Russian attack – as it happened

Three people killed and 10 wounded after a boat heading to Kherson is shelled; about 100 captured soldiers from each side are returned

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Kakhovka dam blast threatens water supply in Crimea, UK warns

The collapse of the Kakhovka Dam has severely disrupted the water supply in southern Kherson Oblast and northern Crimea, British defence chiefs said.

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Ukraine minister says Russia blew up dam to prevent counteroffensive

The Khakhovka dam was blown up by Russian forces to prevent Ukrainian troops from advancing in the Kherson region.

France 24

Ukraine announces liberation of three frontline villages in Donetsk

Kyiv announced on Sunday that Ukrainian forces have retaken three villages in the war-torn country's south as it continues military operations in Russian-occupied territories. The news comes as the Russian defence ministry said Ukraine had made an unsuccessful attempt to attack a vessel in Russia's Black Sea fleet that was…

The Guardian - UK

The disastrous bursting of Ukraine’s Nova Kakhovka dam – and the battle that is to come

The evidence suggests Russia destroyed the vast, vital dam. Now the long cleanup for the human, environmental and potentially nuclear catastrophe must begin amid a brutal war

Evening Standard

UK to provide extra £16 million to flood-hit areas of Ukraine

The announcement comes following the collapse of the Kakhovka dam

Salon

Bursting of the dam: Ukraine marches on

It's little mystery who blew up the Kakhovka dam

The Independent UK

UK will provide extra £16 million to flood-hit areas of Ukraine

The announcement comes following the collapse of the Kakhovka dam.

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