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A 53-year-old man was killed in the village of Vasylivka, Mykolaiv region, as a result of flooding caused by the explosion of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant. The chief of police of Mykolaiv region Serhii Shaikhet wrote this on Telegram, Ukrinform reports. "Due to the blowing up of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant by the occupiers, the territories of Snihurivka, Shyroke and Horokhivske communities in Mykolaiv region are flooded. At the moment, we have one victim - a 53-year-old man from the village of Vasylivka, who refused to be evacuated yesterday," the statement said. Shaikhet emphasized that local police are…

As a result of Russia’s full-scale armed aggression, 486 children have been killed in Ukraine. “As of the morning of June 8, 2023, more than 1,495 children were affected in Ukraine as a result of the full-scale armed aggression of the Russian Federation. According to the official information provided by juvenile prosecutors, 486 children were killed and more than 1,009 received injuries of various degrees of severity,” the Ukrainian Prosecutor General's Office wrote on Telegram. It is noted that these figures are not final, as work is underway in the areas of active hostilities, in the temporarily occupied and liberated…

Ukraine’s Air Force launched 5 strikes on the areas of concentration of Russian troops, while missile units destroyed 2 enemy anti-aircraft missile systems and 1 radar station in the past 24 hours. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said this in its evening update published on Facebook, Ukrinform reports. "Aircraft of the Defense Forces launched 15 strikes on enemy manpower clusters and 2 strikes on anti-aircraft missile systems. Our defenders destroyed 4 enemy reconnaissance UAVs,” the report says. Units of the missile forces and artillery hit 4 enemy command posts, 1 personnel cluster, 3 ammunition depots, 1…

In the area of Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukrainian troops are gradually advancing as everything is going “according to plan.” This was stated by the Deputy Minister of Defense, Hanna Maliar, who spoke on the air of the national telethon, Ukrinform reports. "Our troops are advancing toward Bakhmut. It is not so easy because the Russians are bringing in their troops from the rear and trying to reinforce their units in the areas where our armed forces have gone on the offensive. Fierce battles are underway. The Armed Forces of Ukraine are gradually advancing," she said. Read also: Maliar: AFU’s offensive…

The Russian aggressors failed to evacuate the people from left-bank Kherson region, which they occupied, and they can also use the situation with the Kakhovka HPP dam explosion to displace people from the affected settlements to the territory of Russia. "The situation on the left bank is horrible... A large number of people found themselves in a situation where they could not leave. They stay on the roofs of flooded houses. The occupation authorities completely failed the evacuation," Yuriy Sobolevskyi, the First Deputy Chairman of the Kherson Regional Council, told a briefing at the Media Center Ukraine—Ukrinform. In his opinion,…

In the settlements of the occupied Hola Prystan community of the Kherson region, water is coming, its level sometimes reaches 3.5 meters. Head of the Hola Prystan Regional Military Administration Svitlana Linnyk said this, Ukrinform reports. "In the settlements of the Hola Prystan community, water continues to come in and its level in some areas has reached 3.5 meters," Linnyk said. According to her, the villages of Kardashynka and Kokhany are completely flooded. Water also continues to arrive in Hola Prystan, the eastern part of which is already completely under water. In the central part of the city, the water…

More than 1,450 people have already been evacuated after the Russian forces blew up the Kakhovka HPP. Oleksandr Khorunzhyi, the spokesman for the State Emergency Service, said this on the air of the nationwide news telethon, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. “We have already evacuated more than 1,450 people. We also have deployed nine evacuation points, and currently people are still there and receiving psychological support - they are given water and food. We have a total of over 1,450 personnel and over 300 pieces of equipment. In particular, from the State Emergency Service - 772 people, 174 units of equipment…

In the temporarily occupied areas of Kherson region, Russian invaders do not even try to help people who suffered from the blast of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant (HPP). President Volodymyr Zelensky wrote this on Telegram and published photos from flooded Kherson region. “Russian terrorists have once again proved that they are a threat to everything living. The destruction of one of the largest water reservoirs in Ukraine is absolutely deliberate. At least 100 thousand people lived in these areas before the Russian invasion. At least tens of thousands are still there,” Zelensky noted. According to him, hundreds of thousands…

Analysts at the Institute for the Study of War are currently not ready to make final assessments regarding those responsible for the destruction of the dam at the Kakhovka HPP. However, the balance of evidence, reasoning, and rhetoric suggests that the Russians deliberately damaged the dam. This is stated in the latest ISW report, seen by Ukrinform. ISW has yet to find clear evidence of what happened at the hydroelectric plant on June 6, and therefore cannot provide an independent assessment as to those responsible. White House spokesman John Kirby noted that the United States cannot say for sure at…

Ukraine’s defense forces continue to advance along the flanks in the Bakhmut direction as Russian invaders are losing ground. That’s according to Colonel-General Oleksandr Syrskyi, Commander of Ukraine’s Ground Forces. "The Bakhmut direction. Our defense forces continue to advance along the flanks, while the enemy is losing positions near Bakhmut. The 3rd Separate Assault Brigade is in action," Commander Syrskyi noted. Read also: MoD: Defense forces having success near Bakhmut, other areas of front As Ukrinform reported earlier, President Volodymyr Zelensky said Bakhmut had been serving as a magnet in the ongoing war, adding that the best and newest weapons…