Today is day 481 of the war in Ukraine. Follow the latest war news in this live blog.
UN: Russia won’t allow aid after dam collapse in Ukraine
Russia has so far failed to respond to a UN request for access to Russian-controlled areas affected by the recent Kakhovka Dam breach. This was reported by the United Nations humanitarian coordinator for Ukraine, Denise Brown. The dam burst on June 6 caused flooding, which partially cut off supplies to civilians.
“The United Nations will continue to work to secure needed access,” Brown said in a statement. “We urge the Russian authorities to act in accordance with their obligations under international humanitarian law. You cannot refuse aid to people in need”.
On Saturday, Kiev reported that on the Ukrainian-controlled side of the Dnieper River, the death toll from floods had risen to 16. There are still 31 people missing. At least 29 people were killed in areas under Russian control as a result of the dam burst, the Russian-installed administration in Kherson said. Kiev and Moscow are holding each other responsible for breaking the dam in southern Ukraine.
Situation on Monday 19 June
The UN accused Moscow of continuing to block the delivery of humanitarian aid to Russian-occupied areas in eastern Ukraine affected by the recent Kakhovka dam breach.
Russia he had the means, motive and opportunity to destroy the dam, according to exclusive drone photos and information obtained by the Associated Press newswire.
The death toll Flooding from the dam’s destruction rose to 16 in Ukraine with 31 missing and 29 in Russian-controlled areas, according to briefings from Kiev and Moscow.
According to reports, Ukraine has it recaptured the village of Piatykhatky, in the southern region of Zaporizhia. It would be the second victory in the area since Kiev launched its counter-offensive earlier this month.
The Russian Defense Ministry he said in his daily update that his forces had repulsed a series of Ukrainian attacks in three sections of the 1,000km front line and made no mention of Piatykhatky, Reuters reported.
President Volodymyr Zelensky in his video night speech, he praised the Ukrainian Armed Forces for their “very effective” repelling of enemy attacks near Avdiivka, one of the hotbeds of fighting in the east
The EU is accelerating the arms shipments to Ukraine to support the counter-offensive against Russian troops, Thierry Breton, head of EU industry, told the French newspaper Le Parisien.
It UK Ministry of Defence he said heavy fighting continues in Zaporizhia oblast, western Donetsk oblast and around Bachmut.
Ukrainian troops destroyed an ammunition depot near the Russian-occupied port city of Henichesk in the southern Kherson region, a spokesman for Odessa’s military administration said on Sunday.
THE South African President Cyril Ramaphosa tried to portray an African peace mission to Moscow and Kiev in a positive light with a tweet: “The African Peace Initiative has had a great impact and its ultimate success will be measured against the goal, which is to stop the war “.
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Source: BNR
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