2023-06-06 17:03:45
Cover image: Flooded Kherson following the destruction of the Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine on June 6, 2023. Evgeniy Maloletka / AP
- Ukraine announced to evacuate “more than 17,000” civilians from flooded areas around the Kakhovka dam (south), partially destroyed early Tuesday morning in an explosion for which both sides blame each other. In Kherson, regarding 1,300 people were evacuated at 3 p.m. (2 p.m. in Paris), the national police announced on Tuesday.
- For the Kremlin, “all responsibility rests with the kyiv regime”. “This is unequivocally a deliberate act of sabotage by the Ukrainian side which was planned and carried out by order of Kyiv”Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters, saying he rejected “firmly” the accusations of the Ukrainian authorities who impute the responsibility to Moscow.
- Following the partial destruction of the Kakhovka dam, Kiev « calls for an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council”, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said in a statement, calling on the European Union and the G7 “to impose devastating new sanctions on Russia”.
- Ukraine called Russia a“terrorist state” before the International Court of Justiceaccusing her of having destroyed the Kakhovka dam, in what she denounced as a campaign of violence launched several years ago.
- Kakhovka dam hydroelectric power station “cannot be restored, it is completely destroyed. The hydraulic structure is being washed away”affirmed, on Tuesday on Ukrainian television, Ihor Syrota, the head of the Ukrainian operator Ukrhydroenergo,
- “150 tons of engine oil” flowed into the Dnieper River following the destruction of the dam, according to Ukrainian officials, who warn of an environmental risk. On TelegramAndriy Yermak denounced him “an ecocide” from Russia.
- The destruction of the Kakhovka dam is for london “a heinous act” “a war crime”. This attack, “it’s something that has a new dimension, but which also corresponds to the way Putin is waging this war”, denounced the German Chancellor. NATO Secretary he said to himself, “scandalized” by this act “which endangers thousands of civilians and causes serious damage to the environment”. Charles Michel a affirmed on his side that “The destruction of civilian infrastructure is clearly a war crime and we will hold Russia and its affiliates to account.”
- The Russian military acknowledged on Tuesday that “71 soldiers were killed and 210 were injured” in operations to repel Ukrainian attacks across the front over the past three days
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