2023-06-08 12:41:10
12:34
Moscow accuses kyiv before the ICJ of attacking the dam
Moscow claimed before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Thursday that kyiv had destroyed the Kakhovka dam with “massive” artillery strikes, accusing the Kiev regime of being neo-Nazi.
In fact, it was Ukraine that did it,” Russian Ambassador to the Netherlands Alexander Shulgin said. “The Kiev regime not only launched massive artillery attacks on the dam ( …) but he also deliberately raised the water level of the Kakhovka reservoir to a critical level”, by opening the valves of the hydroelectric plant, he accused.
12:30
Ammonia pipeline exploded: Kremlin warns of ‘negative’ impact on grain deal
The resumption of operation of this pipeline, disabled since February 2022, is demanded by Russia in the context of negotiations, with the UN, on the extension of the cereals agreement which has allowed the export of millions of tonnes of Ukrainian cereals .
12:27
The water level due to the floods “will probably start to drop” this Thursday
The British Ministry of Defense notes in its daily update on the war in Ukraine that, on Wednesday, “flood levels continued to increase” in the Dnipro region, following the destruction of the dam, but “will probably start to drop on June 8, 2023 “.
12:20
An appeal for donations launched for the Kherson floods
After the massive floods triggered by the explosion of the Kakhovka dam, the Ukrainian government launched an appeal for donations called “Lifeboat for Ukraine”. “The donations will provide the rescue teams with boats, diving suits, all kinds of necessary equipment,” writes Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Mykhailo Fedorov.
12:06
Boy, father and grandfather killed in Russian strike in Donetsk region
Ukrainian police said on Thursday that three men from the same family were killed in a Russian strike on the city of Donetsk: a boy, his father and his grandfather. The strike injured five others, including four children.
10:22
Zelensky visiting flooded Kherson region
President Zelensky visited Kherson after the dam was destroyed. In a message to Telegram, the Ukrainian President wrote: “Working trip to Kherson region. A coordination meeting on the liquidation of the consequences of the explosion of the Kakhovka dam, ”he says. According to him, many issues were addressed: the evacuation of the population from potentially flood-prone areas, the elimination of the emergency caused by the explosion of the dam, the organization of keeping flooded areas alive. Also, the prospects for restoring the region’s ecosystem and the operational military situation in the man-made disaster area. “It is important to calculate the damage and allocate funds to compensate residents affected by the disaster and develop a program to compensate for losses or relocate businesses to the Kherson region,” he said.
09:30
Explosions heard in Russia’s Luhansk region
09:26
The house-museum of the artist Polina Raiko flooded
The house of artist Polina Raiko in Oleshky was flooded. This Ukrainian painter who died in 2004 had started painting her property at the age of 69. His house had been classified as a national cultural monument of Ukraine. It is feared that all the frescoes in the house will be destroyed.
09:12
World Bank cuts GDP growth forecast for 2023
The World Bank has just revised down growth forecasts for Ukraine. In its June report, the World Bank forecast growth of 2%, compared to 3.3% in January.
09:03
An area of more than 600 km2 flooded after the destruction of the Kakhovka dam
The destruction of the Kakhovka dam flooded an area of more than 600 km2 in southern Ukraine, on the right bank of the Dnieper river controlled by the Ukrainians as on the left bank occupied by the Russians, announced the Ukrainian governor of the region. The average flood level is 5.61 meters.
“32% are on the right bank and 68% on the left bank,” added Oleksandr Prokudin, on social media. Enter your post title here
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09:01
The destruction of the dam significantly changes the geography and topography of the Kherson front line
According to the American Institute of War, the destruction of the dam significantly changes the geography and topography of the Kherson front line. Satellite images show that the flood is “strongly disrupting defensive positions prepared by Russia” on the eastern bank of the Dnipro River, particularly affecting Russian frontline positions at Hola Prystan and Oleshky. “The floods are likely to worsen and further alter the geography of the Kherson region over the next 72 hours,” the report said. “Rapid flooding probably forced Russian military personnel and equipment in the main Russian concentration points of Oleshky and Hola Prystan to withdraw. Russian forces had previously used these positions to bombard the city of Kherson and other settlements west of Kherson,” the report concludes.
08:28
14,000 homes flooded and nearly 4,300 people evacuated in Russian-occupied southern Kherson
According to the Tass agency, 4,300 people were evacuated to Kherson in the southern part occupied by Russia. In addition, 21 people were hospitalized as a result of the floods, according to medical services quoted by Tass.
08:25
Banks in Armenia, Kazakhstan and Hong Kong block Russian payments for microprocessor orders
Due to the risk of US sanctions, Armenian, Kazakh and Hong Kong banks began to block Russian payments of electronic parts products. Banks risk sanctions for cooperating with sanctioned Russian individuals and legal entities. Already several Armenian companies have been sanctioned.
08:15
Three dead in floods
Three people in the Kherson region have died as a result of flooding caused by the destruction of the Nova Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine, according to local media.
Also, in an address on Wednesday evening, Zelensky said it was impossible to predict how many people had died in the Russian-occupied parts of Kherson due to flooding, calling for a “clear and swift reaction from the world”. to support the victims.
08:01
It will be necessary to rebuild a new hydroelectric power station and a new dam
According to the head of “Ukrhydroenergo”, the restoration of the hydroelectric power station and the dam is not possible. It will be necessary to build new installations which could take at least 5 years.
07:45
The Atomic Energy Agency as reinforcements
The UN nuclear monitoring body will therefore reinforce its teams at the Zaporijja centre. “The possible loss of the plant’s main source of cooling water further complicates an already extremely difficult and demanding nuclear safety and security situation,” said the IAEA Director General, assuring that the agency was working to ensure that there was as much cooling water in reserve as possible in case she could no longer access the Kakhovka Reservoir.
Meanwhile, Ukrainian rescue workers wearing radiation protection suits have taken part in training in recent hours.
07:40
Drop in cooling water level at Zaporizhia nuclear power plant
Even though six reactors are shut down at the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, cooling water is needed to “prevent fuel melting and possible release of radioactive material,” according to International Atomic Energy. However, since the destruction of the dam, the water levels in the power station’s reservoir have continued to drop. They have already fallen by 2.8 meters since Tuesday, but the hourly rate of loss has slowed to “between 5 and 7 centimeters per hour against a peak of around 11 cm/hour yesterday”, specifies the IAEA. However, “if the level drops below 12.7 meters, the plant will no longer be able to pump water from the reservoir to the site”. A limit that could be reached in two days.
07:15
Rescuers targeted
As thousands of civilians need to be evacuated, Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Russian forces of targeting rescuers trying to deliver aid. “As soon as our forces try to get someone out of there, the occupiers shoot at them from a distance,” he said.
“From the roofs of the flooded houses, people watch the drowned pass by,” he further described.
07:15
Zelensky says he is “shocked” by the lack of international aid
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday deplored the lack of humanitarian aid from the United Nations and the Red Cross after the destruction of the Kakhovka dam in the south of the country, which caused a serious crisis. “The UN, the United Nations and the representatives of the Red Cross are not there. All these hours they are still not there,” Zelensky said in an interview broadcast by German media Welt TV and Bild.
He said he was “shocked” because “these are the forces that must be there to save people’s lives”.
07:14
Ukrainian dam: the United Kingdom is cautious
The United Kingdom was cautious about the cause of the destruction of the Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine, declaring on Wednesday through the voice of its foreign minister to wait “all the elements available” after having denounced the day before a “war crime”.
“We will not speak out until we have all the (information) available. We will therefore err on the side of caution on this story, ”said James Cleverly in an interview with AFP on the sidelines of a meeting at the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in Paris.
On Tuesday, this minister had spoken of a “heinous act” falling within the “war crime” about the destruction on the same day of this dam on the Dnieper, in an area under Russian control, which raises fears of a humanitarian and ecological disaster. Both sides blame each other.
07:13
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