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Ukraine evacuates thousands after key dam destroyed

KYIV: An attack on a major Russian-held dam in southern Ukraine on Tuesday unleashed a torrent of water that flooded two dozen villages and forced the evacuation of 17,000 people, sparking fears of a humanitarian disaster.

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Kyiv, Moscow blame each other for burst dam as UN meets

A UN aid chief has told the Security Council "the sheer magnitude" of the Ukraine dam catastrophe will "only become fully realised in the coming days".

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Kherson residents flee under artillery fire after collapsed Kakhovka dam floods homes

Distraught residents of Ukraine's Kherson evacuated their homes under artillery fire on Tuesday after they were flooded by the rupture of a vast dam upstream in a disaster that Kyiv and Moscow have blamed on each other.

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At UN, Ukraine, Russia blame each other for burst dam, US 'not certain'

The United States said on Tuesday it was "not certain" who was to blame for a burst dam in Ukraine, but it would not make sense for Ukraine to have done this to its own people and territory, as Kyiv and Moscow blamed each other for the disaster.

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The Guardian view on Ukraine’s counteroffensive: even success has a cost

Editorial: A long-anticipated campaign seems to have begun. Kyiv desperately needs good news – but even that would come at a high price

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine war: what we know about the Nova Kakhovka dam and who gains from its destruction

The destruction of the Nova Kakhovka dam came just as Ukraine’s much-anticipated counter-offensive seemed poised to begin.

The Conversation

Ukraine's Zelenskiy discusses peace moves with Papal envoy

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged the Vatican on Tuesday to contribute to the implementation of a Ukrainian peace plan during talks with a Papal envoy about Russia's war on Ukraine.

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Kremlin says Ukraine sabotaged dam to cut Crimea's water, distract from own failure

The Kremlin on Tuesday accused Kyiv of sabotaging the Kakhovka hydro-electric dam in the Russian-controlled part of Ukraine to cut off a key source of water for Crimea and distract attention from a "faltering" counter-offensive against Russian forces.

Reuters

‘Dead zone’: How the Ukraine war moved inside Russia

The western Russian region of Belgorod that borders Ukraine has been shelled and attacked by drones hundreds of times.

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Major Ukraine dam ‘partially destroyed’

KYIV: An attack on a major Russian-held dam in southern Ukraine on Tuesday unleashed a torrent of water that flooded a small city, two dozen villages and sparked the evacuation of 17,000 people.

Bangkok Post

Ukraine to open hearings in case against Russia at top UN court

Hearings are opening at the United Nations’ highest court in a case brought by Ukraine against Russia linked to Moscow’s 2014 annexation of Crimea and arming of rebels in eastern Ukraine in the years before Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022

The Independent UK

Ukraine-Russia news – live: Putin’s troops ‘swept away’ in flooding from dam collapse, says Kyiv

‘No one on the Russian side was able to get away’ as flooding expected to peak today

The Independent UK

Russia to face Ukraine at UN court over downing of flight MH17

Kyiv accuses Moscow of supporting pro-Russia forces in eastern Ukraine who shot down Boeing 777 with a missile in 2014.

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Russia says U.S.-built F-16s could 'accommodate' nuclear weapons if sent to Ukraine

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday that U.S.-built F-16 fighter jets can "accommodate" nuclear weapons and warned that supplying Kyiv with them will escalate the conflict further.

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Russia launches air strike on Kyiv, city official says attack repelled

Russia launched a new wave of overnight air strikes on Kyiv, with officials at the Ukrainian capital saying that air defence systems downed more than 20 cruise missiles on their approach.

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Zelenskyy lauds Ukraine advance amid counteroffensive speculation

Kyiv has kept silent on start of counteroffensive despite speculation by analysts that campaign is getting under way.

Reuters

Russia's Wagner boss scoffs at Moscow claims it inflicted huge Ukraine losses

Moscow said on Tuesday it had thwarted another major offensive by Ukraine in Donetsk, destroying military equipment and inflicting huge personnel losses, a statement that the powerful head of Russia's Wagner mercenary group dismissed as "absurd science fiction."

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Ukraine has enough weapons to begin counter-offensive, says foreign minister

Ukraine has enough weapons to begin its counter-offensive against Russia, and the operation will give the country the victory it needs to join NATO, Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba told Reuters on Monday.

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The Independent UK

Ukraine steps up attacks across frontline – suggesting its counteroffensive is kicking into gear

Kyiv plays coy about start of push to retake its territory from Russia, but denies Moscow’s claims to have repelled assaults

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine’s troops attack along front in apparent precursor to counteroffensive

Russian forces driven back in at least two areas as Zelenskiy hails advances by his country’s ‘warriors’

The Independent UK

Counteroffensive? Probing defenses? What's playing out on Ukraine's battlefields?

While Kyiv is silent about the start of any counteroffensive, fighting is raging in several sections of the front line, signaling that the long-expected campaign could finally be getting underway

The Independent UK

Ukraine can count on UK support, Cleverly tells Zelensky in Kyiv

The Foreign Secretary made his second visit to the war-torn nation amid signs an expected Ukrainian counter-offensive may have begun.

The Guardian - UK

Has the Ukrainian counteroffensive begun in its war with Russia?

Increased military activity along the frontline suggests the ‘spring-summer military campaign’ has entered a new phase

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Latest in Ukraine: Kyiv won't say when its counteroffensive has begun (June 5)

Catch up on key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

The Independent UK

James Cleverly meets Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv

The men discussed topics including Ukraine’s expectations from the upcoming Nato summit in Lithuania.

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