Ukraine
Senior Russian general killed in a missile strike in Zaporizhzhia
"As a result of an enemy missile attack, the Chief of Staff of the 35th Combined Arms Army, Maj Gen Sergei Goryachev, was killed," prominent pro-war blogger Voenkor said in a Telegram post, The Guardian reported. Goryachev, a decorated commander, previously led Russian troops in Moldova's breakaway region of Transnistria.
3 dead, 25 injured in Russian missile strike on Ukrainian city
In a post on Telegram, Serhii Lysak, head of the Dnipropetrovsk region military administration, said that air defences shot down three cruise missiles over the central city but there were also "incomings", reports CNN.
"Civilian facilities were damaged," he said, adding that 19 of the wounded were hospitaliaed.
Ukraine's long-awaited counter-offensive against Russia has started
"Counteroffensive and defensive actions are taking place," Zelensky said on Saturday, BBC reported. But he added that he would not talk in detail about which stage or state the counter-offensive was in. The comments come after an escalation of fighting in the south and east of Ukraine and speculation about progress of the widely anticipated push, BBC reported.
Ukraine achieves no targets in counteroffensive: Putin
"First, it can be stated with absolute certainty that this offensive has begun. The use of strategic reserves of the Ukrainian forces proves it. Second, in no areas of combat the Ukrainian troops have achieved their tasks. This is an absolutely obvious thing," Putin told reporters in Russia's Sochi on Friday, Xinhua news agency reported.
Ukraine dam breach to have disastrous economic, ecological consequences: Expert
"Up to 1 million people may face drinking water problems," Oleksii Kushch, an economist at "United Ukraine" think-tank, told Xinhua in an interview. The breaching of the dam and the subsequent destruction of a hydro-electric power plant in the Russian-controlled Nova Kakhovka region in the early hours of Tuesday.
No foreign troops to be deployed in Ukraine before war ends: FM
"Until the end of the war in the territory of Ukraine, foreign countries will not deploy their troops in the territory of our state," Kuleba said. The Ukrainian side is asking its partners for weapons, not for dispatching their soldiers, Xinhua news agency quoted the Prime Minister as saying. Kuleba further stressed that Ukraine's possible membership in the NATO would not put an end to Russia's full scale invasion of Kiev, but could prevent new wars.
Massive flooding due to Ukraine dam breach kills 9
While confirming the fatalities on Thursday, the Mayor said that "we believe that these are not the last victims of this flooding", reports Xinhua news agency. Hundreds of people remained on rooftops of flooded houses waiting to be rescued, he added.
Dnipro river contaminated with industrial substances after dam breach, says Zelensky's office
The Kakhovka dam is one of six dams that sits along the river, which stretches all the way from the very north of the country into the sea in the south, the BBC reported. Satellite images are slowly being uploaded, showing the extent of the damage to the Nova Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant.
Ukraine accuses Russian forces of blowing up dam in Nova Kakhovka
A dam at a hydro-electric plant in the Russian-occupied Ukrainian town of Nova Kakhovka was breached overnight and water has been pouring through it ever since, the BBC reported. The damage is thought to be severe, with Russian state media reporting the town is submerged under water, the report said.
Carried on overnight strike on Ukrainian airfields, announces Russia
The attack, which carried with the use of "long-range precision-guided air-launched weapons", achieved its goal, the Defence Ministry said in a statement, RT reported. "Command posts, a radar installation, Ukrainian aviation equipment, and storage facilities with weapons and ammunition were hit," it added.
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