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Reuters: About 42,000 people are at risk from flooding in Russian- and Ukrainian-controlled areas along the Dnipro River after a dam collapsed, as the U.N. aid chief warned of "grave and far-reaching consequences".
AP News: As shelling from Russia’s war on Ukraine echoed overhead, dozens of evacuees on an island in the Dnieper River scurried onto the tops of military trucks or into rafts to flee rising floodwaters caused by a dam breach upstream.
AFP: Ukraine was evacuating thousands of people Wednesday after an attack on a major Russian-held dam unleashed a torrent of water, inundating two dozen villages and sparking fears of a humanitarian disaster.
ISW cannot offer a definitive assessment of responsibility for the June 6 incident at this time but finds that the balance of evidence, reasoning, and rhetoric suggests that the Russians deliberately damaged the dam.
CNN: The US received intelligence from a European ally last year that the Ukrainian military was planning an attack on the Nord Stream natural gas pipelines three months before they were hit, three US officials told CNN.
Reuters: Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday he received "a serious, powerful" offer from leaders of countries ready to provide Kyiv with F-16 fighter jets and is awaiting final agreements with key allies.
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NBC News: The United States government has intelligence that is leaning towards Russia as the culprit of the attack on the dam in Ukraine, according to two U.S. officials and one Western official.
The Telegraph: In destroying Ukraine's dams, Putin is following in Stalin's footsteps. Their destruction not only disrupts troop movements, but can play a pivotal psychological role in a conflict.
CNN Exclusive: Ukrainian troops witnessed Russian soldiers being swept up in flood waters and fleeing the east bank of the Dnipro River after the collapse of the Nova Khakovka dam, an officer in Ukraine's armed forces said. Many Russian troops were killed or wounded in the chaos, according to the officer.
BBC: Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin dismissed Russia's claims to have inflicted heavy losses on Ukraine in the Donbas when Kyiv attempted offensive action. Prigozhin said the claims were "simply wild and absurd science fiction".
AP News: Global prices for wheat and corn soared Tuesday after a major dam in Ukraine collapsed, renewing market fears about the fragility of the country’s ability to ship food to Africa, the Middle East and parts of Asia as it fights a war with Russia.
AFP: Russia summoned Belgium's ambassador on Tuesday to protest the alleged use of Belgian weapons during deadly incursions from Ukraine into Russian territory.
The Moscow Times: NATO's newest member Finland on Tuesday said it would expel nine diplomats working at the Russian embassy in Helsinki for acting in an "intelligence capacity."
Vatican News: Pope Francis‘ special peace envoy to Ukraine concludes his 2-day mission to the war-ravaged nation.
WSJ: The emergence of pro-Kyiv Russian fighters has brought a new element to the war and a fresh challenge for President Vladimir Putin.
The Kyiv Independent: At least 150 tons of motor oil have been released into the Dnipro River after Russian forces blew up the Kakhovka dam on June 6, the President's Office reported.
POLITICO: Pro-Russian politicians in the vein of Hungary’s Viktor Orbán are on the rise in Austria and Slovakia.
AFP: The European Court of Human Rights condemned Russia for failing to properly investigate the 2020 poisoning of opposition figure Alexei Navalny on Tuesday, June 6, which the West says was an assassination bid.
Reuters Exclusive: The war in Ukraine is deepening the climate crisis at time when global greenhouse gas emissions are already running at a record high, according to report by carbon accounting experts who have tallied the overall impact of the conflict.
UK Ministry of Defence: Here are 6 ways the Kremlin has lied about their attacks on civilians and critical national infrastructure in Ukraine.
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