The Latest Breaking News from Ukraine

Russian officials report five dead after Ukraine dam disaster

Five people are dead and about 600 square kilometres of the Kherson region in southern Ukraine is under water.

The New Daily · Jun 8, 2023

Rishi Sunak’s big US pitch: Ukraine tops agenda (but don’t mention a trade deal)

Red carpet welcome for Prime Minister as he bids to move on from fraught era of US relations with Boris Johnson and Liz Truss

Evening Standard · Jun 8, 2023

India not planning to invite Ukraine to G20 summit in September

India says it is not planning to invite Ukraine to the G20 summit of industrialized and developing nations in September

The Independent UK · Jun 8, 2023

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 470 of the invasion

Zelenskiy visits flood-affected region of Kherson after destruction of dam; at five people dead in occupied Kherson due to floods

The Guardian - AU · Jun 8, 2023

Russia says top UN court should dismiss Ukraine's case over Crimea and terrorism funding

Russia is urging judges at the United Nations’ highest court to throw out a case brought by Ukraine against Moscow focussed on the 2014 annexation of the Crimean Peninsula and the arming of rebels in eastern Ukraine in the years before Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022

The Independent UK · Jun 8, 2023

Kakhovka dam: Zelenskiy visits flood-hit region and criticises international response

Ukraine president says it is impossible to predict how many people will die in Russian-occupied areas as he appeals for assistance

The Guardian - UK · Jun 8, 2023

Ukraine diaries: almost a year on, a French ethnographer returns to document the war

I pack my bag, take batteries, cables and SD cards for my digital recorder. I ask for media accreditation from the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence before leaving, on my return to the field for the third time since the Russian invasion, with the objective of documenting the war.

The Conversation · Jun 8, 2023

Flooding over 600 square km after Kakhovka dam breach

KYIV: Flooding from the Kakhovka dam breach extends over 600 square kilometres on the Ukrainian-held right bank of the Dnipro River and the Russian-held left bank, the region's governor said on Thursday.

Bangkok Post · Jun 8, 2023

Russian shelling hits flood-hit Kherson after Zelensky visit, says Ukraine

Nine people were injured Thursday in Russian shelling in the Kherson region as it deals with massive flooding from the destruction of the Kakhovka dam, according to Ukrainian officials. The attacks came shortly after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited Kherson. Moscow meanwhile accused Ukraine of killing two people at an…

France 24 · Jun 8, 2023

Ukraine launches counter-offensive to force back Putin’s troops, say military experts

It comes after Russian sources claimed that Ukrainian forces had launched a major in the south eastern Zaporizhzhia province

Evening Standard · Jun 8, 2023