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Fields of southern Ukraine could ‘turn into deserts’ after dam destruction

Agriculture ministry warns of greater disaster next year, with global implications, from loss of Kakhovka reservoir

Julian Borger in Kyiv

07, Jun, 2023 @10:32 AM

Zelenskiy says dam attack an ‘environmental bomb of mass destruction’ – as it happened

Andriy Yermak tells Guardian dam could not have been destroyed by shelling; US spokesman questioned on dam destruction in White House briefing

Helen Sullivan (now and earlier); Nadeem Badshah ,Richard Luscombe ,Sammy Gecsoylerand Martin Belam (earlier)

06, Jun, 2023 @11:29 PM

Thousands flee homes as collapse of dam is blamed on Russian forces

Ukrainian authorities call for people living downstream of Nova Kakhovka dam to evacuate in face of potentially deadly flooding

Dan Sabbagh in Kherson and Julian Borger in Kyiv

06, Jun, 2023 @9:10 PM

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 468 of the invasion

Ukraine accuses Russia of blowing up Nova Kakhovka dam; people in parts of Kherson and the surrounding area urged to evacuate

Dan Sabbagh in Kherson, Julian Borger in Kyiv, Sammy Gecsoyler and Martin Belam

06, Jun, 2023 @7:33 PM

Devastation from Kakhovka dam collapse could take decades to heal

Hundreds of thousands of mines and debris are flowing into towns downstream, while lack of water upstream will hit food production

Julian Borger in Kyiv

06, Jun, 2023 @3:59 PM

Ukrainian dam collapse ‘no immediate risk’ to Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant

But IAEA says damage to Nova Kakhovka dam raises long-term concerns for power station’s future

Julian Borger in Kyiv

06, Jun, 2023 @10:14 AM

Ukraine’s troops attack along front in apparent precursor to counteroffensive

Russian forces driven back in at least two areas as Zelenskiy hails advances by his country’s ‘warriors’

Julian Borger and Dan Sabbagh in Kyiv

06, Jun, 2023 @12:41 AM

Ukraine deputy defence minister says forces moving to ‘offensive actions’ in some areas – as it happened

Hanna Maliar says Kyiv’s forces are moving to ‘offensive actions’, heightening speculation that a counteroffensive is close to launch

Sammy Gecsoyler, Martin Belam and Graham Russell

05, Jun, 2023 @5:51 PM

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 467 of the invasion

Russia’s defence ministry claims Ukraine has launched a ‘major’ attack; Prigozhin says Russian army has lost territory north of Bakhmut

Julian Borger and Dan Sabbagh in Kyiv and Martin Belam

05, Jun, 2023 @1:01 PM

Pro-Ukrainian forces ‘still fighting in Russia’s Belgorod’ despite Moscow claims

Freedom of Russia Legion social media reports contradict Russian claims to have repelled the rebel incursion

Julian Borger in Kharkiv and Pjotr Sauer

02, Jun, 2023 @2:23 PM

Anti-Putin partisans shell Russian town four miles from Ukraine border

Governor of Belgorod says attack injured 12 people, in second partisan assault inside Russia in two weeks

Dan Sabbagh in Lviv, Julian Borger in Kharkiv, and Patrick Wintour

01, Jun, 2023 @6:45 PM

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 463 of the invasion

Three people including child killed in early morning missile attack on Kyiv; eight wounded in shelling of Belgorod region in Russia

Julian Borger in Kharkiv, Martin Belam, Guardian staff and agencies

01, Jun, 2023 @10:18 AM

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