Essay: Kakhovka Dam breach in Ukraine caused economic, agricultural and ecological devastation that will last for years
SUSANNE WENGLE and VITALII DANKEVYCH – in an article first published on The Conversation – look at the impact of the dam breach and subsequent flooding last month…
Ukraine hits bridge linking Crimea to mainland in blow to Russian supply route
Kyiv, UkraineReuters Ukrainian missiles on Thursday struck one of the few bridges linking the Crimea Peninsula with the Ukrainian mainland, Russian-appointed officials said, cutting one of the main supply routes for Russian occupation forces in southern Ukraine. A view shows the damaged Chonhar Bridge connecting Russian-held parts of Ukraine’s Kherson region to the Crimean peninsula, […]
Russia accuses Ukraine of “blatant lies” about Crimea discrimination, MH17
The Hague, The NetherlandsReuters Russia on Thursday denied Ukrainian accusations that it backed pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine in 2014 and discriminates against ethnic Tatars and Ukrainians in Crimea, accusing Kyiv instead of “blatant lies” at the UN’s top court. Ukraine has asked the Hague-based International Court of Justice to order Russia to halt alleged […]
Ukraine dam supplying water to Crimea, nuclear plant is breached, unleashing floods
Updated: 5:50pm (AEST)Moscow, RussiaReuters Millions of litres of water burst through a gaping hole in a Russian-controlled dam on Tuesday, flooding a swathe of the war zone in southern Ukraine, threatening scores of villages and cutting off water supplies. Ukrainian and Russian forces blamed each other for the breach. A satellite image shows Nova Khakovka […]
Russia’s Wagner group appears to do U-turn on Bakhmut withdrawal
Reuters Russia’s Wagner mercenary group appeared on Sunday to ditch plans to withdraw from Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine, saying they had been promised more arms by Moscow and suggesting they may keep up their assault on what Russia sees as a stepping stone to other cities in the Donbas region. Elsewhere, Ukrainian and Russian media […]
Russia says Ukraine drone attack caused major Crimea fuel depot fire
Reuters A Ukrainian drone strike set ablaze a Russian fuel storage facility in the Crimean port of Sevastopol early on Saturday, sending a vast column of black smoke into the sky in the latest attack on the Russia-occupied peninsula. The city’s Moscow-installed governor blamed Ukraine and later said the fire had been put out before […]
“It was heartbreaking” – Ukraine children back home after alleged deportation
Ukraine-Belarus border Reuters More than 30 children were reunited with their families in Ukraine this weekend after a long operation to bring them back home from Russia or Russian-occupied Crimea, where they had been taken from areas occupied by Russian forces during the war. Mothers hugged sons and daughters as they crossed the border from […]
Putin makes surprise trip to Russian-occupied Mariupol in wake of ICC warrant
Reuters A day after being accused of war crimes by the International Criminal Court, President Vladimir Putin made a surprise visit to the Russian-occupied Ukrainian city of Mariupol, scene of some of the worst devastation of his year-old invasion. State television showed extended footage of Putin being shown around the city on Saturday night, meeting […]
US report says hundreds were detained, missing in Ukraine’s Kherson
Washington DC, USReuters Hundreds of people were detained or went missing in Ukraine’s Kherson region while it was under Russian control this year, and dozens may have been tortured, Yale University researchers have concluded in a report backed by the US State Department. “Russia must halt these operations and withdraw its forces to end a […]
UN chief delays travel to try to bring Russia back into grain deal
Kyiv, Ukraine/New York City, USReuters UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres voiced deep concern on Sunday over Russia’s decision to suspend its participation in a UN-brokered deal that had allowed grain shipments from Ukraine, as he delayed a foreign visit to try to revive the agreement that was intended to ease a global food crisis. Russia, […]