Ukraine News: Army Regains Village in Donetsk Region and International Concerns over Kakhovka Dam Water Level Discrepancy and Floods

2023-06-12 13:30:21

The Ukrainian army has regained possession of the village of Storojevé, in the Donetsk region, assured, Monday, June 12 on Facebook (in Ukrainian)the 35th Marine Brigade. “The national flag flies once more”, welcomed the Deputy Minister of Defense, Hanna Malyar. On Sunday, Ukraine had already announced the reconquest of three neighboring localities.

These territorial gains are modest, but they are the first successes of the Ukrainian general staff since the beginning of the “counter-offensive actions” raised on Saturday by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. The Russian army for its part affirmed Monday to have repelled Ukrainian offensives in the south of Ukraine. But the Russian Ministry of Defense has been careful not to deny or confirm its withdrawal from the four villages claimed by kyiv. Follow our live.

The water level of the Kakhovka dam in question. Experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) want access to the site where the water level of the Kakhovka dam reservoir, used to cool the reactors of the Zaporijzhya nuclear power plant, is measured. And this, in order to “clarify the reason for the significant discrepancy observed between various measurements”.

At least six dead in the floods. The Ukrainian authorities have revised upwards their toll of human losses caused by the floods following the destruction of a dam, with six dead and 35 people missing in the areas under their control.

Three dead among evacuated civilians. Three people were killed and at least 23 others injured in Russian fire on civilians evacuated from flooded areas following the destruction of the Kakhovka dam, local authorities said on Sunday.

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