NOVA KAKHOVKA
Thousands of Ukrainian civilians are being held in Russian prisons. Russia plans to build many more
Russia is holding thousands of Ukrainian civilians in detention centres and makeshift prisons across Russia and Ukrainian territories occupied by Russia, according to a report by The Associated Press. Many of these civilians are forced to carry out slave labour and face routine torture and abuse. The prisoners serve as bargaining chips in exchanges for Russian soldiers, and the UN has said they are also used as human shields near the front lines.
'Our house was carried away': Flood survivors in Russian-held Ukraine speak of their escape
"The water in the house was at waist level. At midnight everything had been dry - both inside and outside," said the 73-year-old, who walks slowly with the help of a stick. "We can hardly walk. We went outside and were lucky that there were passers-by. They helped us to get to the 'Vostok' shop. Then we limped on to our friends," she told Reuters.
Ukraine shelled dam: Russia to UN court
At the International Court of Justice, Russia accused Ukraine of destroying a key dam with artillery strikes and asserted that Kyiv was led by neo-Nazis, a claim that Moscow has used to justify its invasion. Russia denied Ukraine's allegations that it had breached terrorism laws by backing separatists in eastern Ukraine since 2014.
Ukraine rushes drinking water to flooded areas as officials wrestle with impact of major dam breach
Authorities have rushed supplies of drinking water to flooded areas from a collapsed dam in southern Ukraine as officials considered resettling residents who relied on the breached reservoir on the Dnieper River, which forms part of the front line in the 15-month war. Experts believe the collapse may have been due to wartime damage and neglect, while others have argued that Russia may have had tactical military reasons to destroy the dam.
Ukrainian dam breach: What is happening and what's at stake
Authorities and rescue workers on both sides stepped up efforts on Wednesday to pull beleaguered residents to higher and drier ground a day after torrential flooding from the dam breach inundated their homes, villages and cities. The Russia-appointed mayor of the occupied city of Nova Kakhovka, Vladimir Leontyev, said seven people were missing. The city sits near the dam.
Ukraine dam supplying water to Crimea, nuclear plant is breached, unleashing floods
A blast in in the Kakhovka dam of southern Ukraine has unleashed water across the war zone. Both the sides, Russia and Ukraine have refused to take the responsibility of the blast. The dam was built as a part of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant.
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Collapse of major dam in southern Ukraine triggers emergency as Moscow and Kyiv blame each other
The potentially far-reaching environmental and social consequences of the disaster quickly became clear as homes, streets and businesses flooded downstream and emergency crews began evacuations; officials raced to check cooling systems at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant; and authorities expressed concern about supplies of drinking water to the south in Crimea, which Russia illegally annexed in 2014.
Internal blast probably breached Ukraine dam, experts say (cautiously)
Ukrainian officials blamed Russia for the failure, noting that Moscow's military forces - which have repeatedly struck Ukrainian infrastructure since invading last year - controlled the dam spanning the Dnieper River in the city of Nova Kakhovka, putting them in a position to detonate explosives from within.
Ukraine says Russia forces pillage, occupy Kherson homes ahead of battle
In recent days, Russia has ordered civilians out of Kherson in anticipation of a Ukrainian assault to recapture the city, which was the first to be seized by Russian forces following their invasion in February. Kherson, with a prewar population of nearly 300,000, has been left cold and dark after power and water were cut to the surrounding area over the past 48 hours, both sides said.
US encourages Ukraine to be open to talks with Russia: Report
US and Ukrainian officials acknowledged that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's ban on talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin had generated concern in parts of Europe, Africa and Latin America, where the war's effects on costs of food and fuel are felt most sharply.
Russia to evacuate Kherson residents as Ukraine advances
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin made the announcement shortly after the Russia-backed leader of Kherson, one of four Ukrainian regions illegally annexed by Moscow last month, asked the Kremlin to organise an evacuation from four cities in the region.
Ukraine deploying captured Russian tanks to firm up its lines
The Institute for the Study of War, citing a Russian claim, said that Ukraine had been using left-behind Russian T-72 tanks as it tries to push into the Russian-occupied region of Luhansk. "The initial panic of the counteroffensive led Russian troops to abandon higher-quality equipment in working order, rather than the more damaged equipment left behind by Russian forces retreating from Kyiv in April, further indicating the severity of the Russian rout," the institute said.
Ukraine seizes key supply hub Russian forces in east
In one village captured by the advancing Ukrainians, electric pylons were toppled and cables lay across the ground and houses were gutted, AFP journalists reported. "It was frightening," said 61-year-old Anatoli Vasiliev recalling the battle earlier this week that saw Ukrainian forces recapture the village from the Russians. Ukrainian troops were also advancing along portions of the southern front line, a spokesperson said Saturday, in some regions by dozens of kilometres, into territory captured by Russian troops at the beginning of the invasion.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy tells Russians to run for their lives from Ukraine offensive in south
Ukraine said on Monday its ground forces had gone on the offensive in the south for the first time after a long period of striking Russian supply lines, in particular bridges across the strategically important Dnipro River, and ammunition dumps.
UN agency to inspect Ukraine nuclear plant in urgent mission
Ukraine and Russia again accused each other of shelling the wider region around the nuclear power plant, Europe's largest, which was briefly knocked offline last week.
Ukraine says Russian Su-35 hit, video shows a plane going down in flames
A Reddit post claims it was a Russian fighter, "probably a Su-35" shot down by the Ukraine military in Nova Kkhovka. This has not been confirmed by Russia or other sources.
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