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Reuters: Mass flooding from the breach of the Nova Kakhovka dam in Ukraine drowned cities and brought new threats of homelessness, disease and even warnings of floating landmines.
The Guardian: Three people have died as a result of flooding from the destruction of the Nova Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine, local media have reported, in what would be the first confirmed deaths, as President Volodymyr Zelenskiy voiced fears for the lives of Ukrainians in Russian-held areas hit by the disaster.
BBC: The immediate humanitarian consequences, in flooded homes and displaced civilians, are dramatic enough. But Ukrainian officials are now warning of serious long-term consequences for agriculture across one of the country's most fertile areas.
AP News: Authorities rushed to rescue hundreds of people stranded on rooftops and supply drinking water to areas flooded by a collapsed dam in southern Ukraine on Wednesday, in a growing humanitarian and ecological disaster along a river that forms part of the front line in the 15-month war.
ISW: The destruction of the Kakhovka Dam is significantly changing the geography and topography of the Kherson frontline sector in southern Ukraine and disrupting Russian military positions on the eastern bank of the Dnipro River.
UK Ministry of Defence: Amidst a highly complex operational picture, heavy fighting continues along multiple sectors of the front. In most areas Ukraine holds the initiative.
Critical Threats: Iranian and Russian military officials met to discuss expelling the United States from Syria, which may indicate Russia’s intent to help facilitate Iranian-backed attacks against US forces.
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POLITICO: Russian forces are shooting at Ukrainian rescuers attempting to reach those trapped in flood-struck areas of occupied Kherson after the destruction of the Nova Kakhovka dam, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in an exclusive interview.
Bloomberg: Germany blamed Russian President Vladimir Putin for the destruction of the Kakhova dam in Ukraine, and was joined by other European NATO members in denouncing it as a “war crime.”
The Guardian: Russian attacks on medical facilities in Ukraine made 2022 the most violent year in a decade for hospitals and health workers operating in conflict zones, according to a new report by a coalition of humanitarian organisations.
CNN: Former Vice President Mike Pence warns "war criminal" Vladimir Putin won’t stop with Ukraine and criticizes Donald Trump for once calling the Russian leader a "genius."
Bloomberg: Even some who support the invasion and want to intensify the fight against Ukraine are becoming deflated about Russia’s prospects.
RFE/RL: NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg and U.S. Ambassador to NATO Julianne Smith said on June 7 that NATO funding will be a major topic at the military alliance's summit next month in Vilnius along with enlargement and security guarantees.
WSJ: Thousands of orphans and young people separated from their parents have been taken to Russian territory and placed in foster homes and institutions. Some families are able to make the difficult journey to bring them back.
Euronews: Approximately 19,505 children have been abducted or forcibly deported to Russia since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine began in February 2022, according to Ukraine's National Information Bureau.
POLITICO: Ukraine was not behind a series of underwater explosions that crippled the Nord Stream gas pipelines in September, the country's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.
The Guardian: A group of Nato countries may be willing to put troops on the ground in Ukraine if member states including the US do not provide tangible security guarantees to Kyiv at the alliances’s summit in Vilnius, the former Nato secretary general Anders Rasmussen has said.
European Pravda: Switzerland's Council of States, the upper house of parliament, has approved an amendment that will allow arms re-export to Ukraine.
WSJ: NATO and its allies will launch the largest-ever air-force wargames in the alliance’s history next week, in a show of strength to deter Russian aggression in Europe.
The Guardian: A Russian-speaking criminal cyber gang gave victims including British Airways and the BBC a week to start ransom negotiations after it exploited a vulnerability in an encrypted file-sharing software used by many high-profile firms.
Reuters: Ukrainian troops have advanced up to 1,100 metres near the eastern city of Bakhmut in the past 24 hours, Kyiv said on Wednesday, the first gains it has reported since Russia said Ukraine had started a counter-offensive.
AFP: Moscow said Wednesday that a Ukrainian "sabotage" group had blown up a section of the Togliatti-Odesa pipeline that Russia used to export ammonia before the start of the offensive.
The Moscow Times: Overnight drone strikes on a power station across the state border have caused blackouts in two Russian villages, the regional governor said Wednesday amid an intensifying spate of cross-border attacks.
Novaya-Europe: The administration of the Kazkova Dibrova zoo in the city of Nova Kakhovka, Kherson region of Ukraine, reports that around 300 animals have died due to the flooding that had started after the destruction of the Kakhovka HPP dam, as per the zoo’s socials.
The Guardian: Fifteen months after Russia invaded Ukraine, twice as many Europeans – almost two-thirds – view Moscow as an adversary or rival as did before the war, but opinions on the continent’s long-term relations with its eastern neighbour still vary widely.
AFP: China's total trade with Russia in May soared to levels not seen since the beginning of Moscow's war in Ukraine, official data showed Wednesday, as Beijing steps up support for its sanctions-hit ally.
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