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☆ Russia watches as Saudi Arabia leads Ukraine peace talks with U.S., world allies
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-31 | by ( Amanda Macias | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

High-precision weapons were aimed at private houses, a historic building and a high-rise building," said Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. WASHINGTON — Ukraine welcomed Saudi Arabia's decision to host multinational talks this week on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's proposed peace plan, a move that could set up future negotiations with Russia. The Wall Street Journal reported over the weekend that the United States, several European countries and Brazil were invited to the talks. Read more: Saudi energy minister says latest Riyadh-Moscow oil cuts showed unity with RussiaLast year, Saudi Arabia helped broker a prisoner exchange involving more than 200 people between Kyiv and Moscow. "Is it possible to reach a peace settlement now with the participation of the Kyiv regime and in the context of its current stance?

Persons: Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Volodymyr Zelenskyy . WASHINGTON —, Volodymyr Zelenskyy's, Andriy Yermak, Zelenskyy, Yermak, Read, Dmitry Peskov, Peskov Organizations: Saudi, Kyiv, Street, Kremlin Locations: Russia, Mykolaiv, Volodymyr Zelenskyy . WASHINGTON, Volodymyr Zelenskyy . WASHINGTON — Ukraine, Jeddah, Ukraine, West, East, North, United States, Brazil, Riyadh, Moscow, Saudi, Saudi Arabia, Kyiv, Russian

☆ Russian land mines pose a persistent and deadly threat in Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +16 min

What lies beneath Land mines left by Russian forces in Ukraine pose a deadly threat to Kyiv's military - and civilians in liberated territory. On average, anti-vehicle mines caused more incidents with multiple fatalities than anti-personnel mines did. GICHD has documented at least 12 types of anti-personnel mines and nine types of anti-vehicle mines in use in Ukraine. Formerly occupied towns in Kyiv; Sumy, Chernihiv, Mykolaiv and Kharkiv oblasts all saw a large number of mines, especially anti-personnel mines, left in place, Mathewson said. Ukraine is a signatory to the 1997 Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction, and had been destroying its anti-personnel mines when the war began.

Persons: Mark Hiznay, ”, Adam Komorowski, Tymur Pistriuha, Hiznay, PARM, GICHD, Andro Mathewson, “, Komorowsi, Mick Ryan, Mathewson, Nacho Doce, Pistriuha, Komorowski, ” Ryan, Ryan, Jack Watling, Watling, ” Watling, demining Organizations: Russian, Reuters, HALO Trust, Human Rights Watch, Advisory, Geneva International Centre, Humanitarian, Ukrainian Deminers Association, Ukrainian, U.S . Army, Australian Army, REUTERS, HALO, Mines, Royal United Services Institute, United, Surveyors, State Emergency Service, Dnipro River’s Locations: Ukraine, Ukrainian, Russian, Russia, Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk, Eastern Europe, South America, Caribbean, Soviet Union, Afghanistan, Germany, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia oblast, Kherson, Iraqi, Kyiv, Sumy, Chernihiv, Mykolaiv, ”, Vuhledar, United Nations, Nova, Izium

☆ Ukraine war live updates: Zelenskyy sacks UK ambassador after media comments; U.S. says Ukraine now using cluster bombs
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-21 | by ( Jenni Reid | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Zelenskyy said nearly 70 missiles were fired at Odesa, Donetsk, Mykolaiv, Zaporizhzhia, Zhytomyr and Kharkiv this week. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday announced the dismissal of ambassador to the U.K. Vadym Prystaiko after he called comments Zelenskyy made about the U.K. defense minister unhealthy. In his daily address, Zelenskyy said nearly 70 missiles were fired at Odesa, Donetsk, Mykolaiv, Zaporizhzhia, Zhytomyr and Kharkiv this week. And on Tuesday, Russia's Defense Ministry said it was carrying out a "mass retaliatory strike" for an attack on the Crimean bridge early Monday which it blamed on Ukraine. Tensions are also mounting in the Black Sea after Russia said it would consider all vessels sailing toward Ukrainian ports on the Black Sea as military cargo carriers.

Persons: Zelenskyy, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Vadym Prystaiko, John Kirby Organizations: Friday, Russian, White House, ., U.S, Initiative, Russia's Defense Ministry, Ukraine's Defense Ministry Locations: Odesa, Donetsk, Mykolaiv, Zaporizhzhia, Zhytomyr, Kharkiv, Ukraine, Russia

More than a year later, she was told her application required a key document that was stuck behind enemy lines in Ukraine. "There's always a trade-off between rapid and sustainable labour market integration," said Thomas Liebig, chief economist for the OECD's international migration department. Researchers from Minor, a migration policy think tank, said the large-scale inflow of refugees from Ukraine is seen as a great opportunity in Germany. While the refugees' fate is partly tied to the unknowable course of the Ukraine war, the EU's temporary protection scheme for Ukraine refugees is at present due to expire in March 2024. This puts employers who want to hire refugees in a difficult situation, as they don't know if Ukrainian refugees will be able to stay.

Persons: Maria, Lukas Barth, Svetlana Chuhil, Chuhil, Lauren, Thomas Liebig, Oksana Krotova, Krotova, Ildiko Pallman, Gizem Uensal, Enzo Weber, Jan Lopatka, Catherine Evans Organizations: REUTERS, Reuters Graphics Reuters, Deloitte, Reuters, OECD, United Nations, Minor, German Institute for Employment Research, Thomson Locations: Mykolaiv, Ukraine, Aschheim, Munich, Germany, BERLIN, WARSAW, Poland, Zgorzelec, Goerlitz, Paris, Europe's, Berlin, Kyiv, Prague

☆ Live updates: Russia's war in Ukraine, Odesa strikes
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-20 | by ( Kathleen Magramo | Brad Lendon | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

A firefighter works at a site of a residential building heavily damaged by a Russian missile strike in Mykolaiv, Ukraine on July 20. Russian forces attacked “ports, piers, residential buildings and retail chains” in the southern cities of Odesa and Mykolaiv, it added. Ukraine's air defense destroyed 18 of the projectiles, it said, including 13 Shahed drones, two sea-launched Kalibr cruise missiles and three Iskander-K land-based cruise missiles, according to the statement. The Ukrainian Air Force also said Russia launched 19 Shahed-136/131 attack drones from Crimea and Kursk. Ukraine fires back: The Ukrainian Air Force also said it carried out more than 20 air strikes on "objects, places of concentration of equipment and personnel of the Russian occupiers” in recent days, the statement said.

Persons: ” Organizations: Emergency Service of, Reuters, Ukrainian Air Force, Russian, Russia Locations: Russian, Mykolaiv, Ukraine, Emergency Service of Ukraine, Reuters Russia, Odesa, Crimea, Kursk

☆ Chinese consular building damaged in Russian attack on Ukraine's Odesa - governor
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

KYIV, July 20 (Reuters) - A building at the Chinese consulate in Odesa was damaged in a Russian missile and drone attack on the southern Ukrainian port city, regional governor Oleh Kiper said on Thursday. Russia, which is an ally of China, attacked the port cities of Odesa and Mykolaiv overnight for the third successive night. "The aggressor is deliberately hitting the port infrastructure - administrative and residential buildings nearby were damaged, also the consulate of the People's Republic of China. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in his daily late-night video address on Wednesday that 60,000 tons of agricultural products destroyed in a Russian air strike on Odesa port had been intended for shipment to China. Reporting by Anna Pruchnicka, Writing by Olena Harmash, Editing by Timothy HeritageOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Oleh Kiper, Kiper, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Anna Pruchnicka, Olena Harmash, Timothy Organizations: Timothy Heritage, Thomson Locations: Odesa, Russian, Ukrainian, Russia, China, Mykolaiv, People's Republic of China

☆ Ukraine war live updates: Russia batters Ukrainian ports amid growing supply fears; 19 wounded at Mykolaiv
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-20 | by ( Jenni Reid | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Fragments of a missile shot down during a night strike in Odesa on July 19, 2023. Russia launched strikes on Ukrainian port cities for a third consecutive day, Ukraine's air force said Thursday, as concerns mounted over the threat to global food supplies from closed trade routes. In Mykolaiv, a city near the Black Sea, at least 19 people were injured, said regional military administration head Vitaly Kim on Telegram, according to a Google translation. Russian on Monday suspended a humanitarian corridor, the U.N.-brokered Black Sea Grain Initiative, which has allowed the delivery of Ukrainian grains to global markets. Russia's Ministry of Defense later said it would consider all vessels sailing toward Ukrainian ports to be military cargo carriers.

Persons: Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Vitaly Kim Organizations: Initiative, Russia's Ministry of Defense Locations: Odesa, Russia, China, Mykolaiv

More than two weeks later, the Kremlin disclosed that Mr. Prigozhin and other Wagner leaders had met with Mr. Putin for three hours in the days after the rebellion ended. “I think he probably feels under some pressure,” Mr. Moore said of Mr. Putin, speaking at the British ambassador’s residence in the Czech capital. Mr. Prigozhin is known to have spent several days in Russia afterward, and video posted on the Telegram messaging app on Wednesday appears to show him in Belarus. “He is clearly under pressure,” Mr. Moore said of Mr. Putin. Mr. Cleverly said the rebellion underscored the falsity of Mr. Putin’s assertions that Russia would be more committed to a long war in Ukraine than the West would be.

Persons: Richard Moore, Vladimir V, Putin, Yevgeny V, Wagner, Prigozhin’s, Prigozhin, “, Mr, Moore, “ Prigozhin, ” Mr, ’, James, ”, Vladimir Putin Organizations: Politico, Kremlin, Mr, Prigozhin, The New York Times, ”, Russian Army, British, Aspen Security Locations: London, Prague, Russia, British, Czech, “, Belarus, Moscow, Belarusian, Minsk, Ukraine, Rostov, Afghanistan, Russian

☆ Three killed, Chinese consulate damaged in Russian attack on Ukraine's port cities
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-20 | by ( Viktoria Lakezina | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/4] Rescuers work at a site of an administrative building heavily damaged by a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Odesa, Ukraine July 20, 2023. In Odesa, a security guard was killed and at least eight other people were hurt, including a child, Kiper said. A Russian attack on the port of Chornomorsk on Wednesday damaged grain export infrastructure as well as the agricultural products Zelenskiy said were meant for China. Ukrainian officials see the air strikes as an attack on global food security because Kyiv is a major grain exporter. Authorities in the northeastern region of Kharkiv said separately a 61-year-old man had been killed there by Russian shelling on Thursday.

Persons: Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Oleh Kiper, Zelenskiy, Kiper, Oleksandr Senkevych, Vitaliy Kim, Mykhailo Podolayk, Dan Peleschuk, Timothy Organizations: Press, State Emergency Service of, Companies, Regional, Fire, UN Security Council, Twitter, Authorities, Timothy Heritage, Thomson Locations: Russian, Ukraine, Odesa, State Emergency Service of Ukraine, Handout, Ukrainian, Russia, MYKOLAIV, Black, Beijing, China, Moscow, Mykolaiv, Chornomorsk, Kyiv, Kharkiv

☆ Ukrainian air defenses in Odesa outgunned as Russia targets global grain supply
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-20 | by ( Ivana Kottasová Olga Voitovich Mick Krever Alex Marquardt Scott Mcwhinnie Sebastian Shukla | Ivana Kottasová | Olga Voitovich | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Ukraine’s Air Force said it destroyed just five of 19 Russian cruise missiles fired at the country overnight into Thursday. “Systems such as Patriot or SAMP-T could provide protection for this region.”Ukraine has received at least two Patriot systems in April, one from the United States and one from Germany. Grain infrastructure targetedMoscow launched an intense campaign of bombardment against Odesa, Mykolaiv and other settlements in southern Ukraine on Monday when Ukraine struck the key Crimea bridge. Moscow announced on Monday that it was suspending its participation in an agreement that allowed the export of Ukrainian grain through the Black Sea. “Not only they withdraw from the grain agreement in order to export grain from Ukraine, but they are burning the grain.

Persons: That’s, Oleh Kiper, Yurii Ihnat, ”, hasn’t, Volodymyr Zelensky, Samantha Power, Putin, Power, Josep Borrell, ” Borrell Organizations: Kyiv CNN —, Ukraine’s Air Force, CNN, Firefighters, Air Force Command, Ukraine’s Armed Forces, “ Systems, Ukraine’s, Center for Strategic, International Studies, Patriot, Monday, Russia’s Defense Ministry, Moscow, U.S . Agency for International Development Locations: Kyiv, Kyiv CNN — Ukraine, Odesa, Moscow, Russian, Ukraine, United States, Germany, Mykolaiv, Crimea, Russia, Africa, Asia

☆ Ukraine's air defense is getting significantly worse in a key city, likely because it has too little ammo to stop all of Russia's missiles
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-20 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Ukraine reported a lower success rate in shooting down Russian missiles targeting Odesa. Ukraine's president said it needs better missile defense systems to stop infrastructure attacks. Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukraine's president, on Wednesday said that Ukraine urgently needed more air defense systems. He called on Ukraine's Western allies to supply it with more SAMP/T and Patriot missile defense systems to protect against Russian attacks. And according to the ECFR report, Kyiv is the only Ukrainian city with sufficient air defense protection, and Ukraine's other major cities remain vulnerable to Russian attacks.

Persons: Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Yaroslav Trofimov, Anton Gerashchenko Organizations: Service, Kremlin, Patriot, St, European Council, Foreign Relations, Reuters Locations: Ukraine, Wall, Silicon, Odesa, Russia, Ukrainian, Kyiv, Russian, Mykolaiv, Crimea

☆ Russia hits Ukraine targets in 'mass retaliatory strike' after bridge attack
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-18 | by ( Andrew Osborn | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

[1/2] A view shows a building damaged during a Russian missile and drone strikes, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Odesa, Ukraine July 18, 2023. The ministry said it had struck Odesa, where the Ukrainian navy has its headquarters, and Mykolaiv, near Ukraine's Black Sea coast. It said it had struck a ship repair plant near Odesa where such boats - thought to be naval drones of the kind Russia believes were used to attack the Crimean bridge - were being built. Ukrainian media said Ukrainian security services had used naval drones to attack the bridge, which had only recently returned to full operation after suffering severe damage in a similar attack last October. Peskov confirmed that the overnight strikes had been revenge for the bridge attack.

Persons: Dmitry Peskov, Peskov, Alexander Kots, Kots, Russia's, Andrew Osborn, Conor Humphries, Mike Harrison Organizations: Press Service, Operational Command, Ukrainian Armed Forces, Kremlin, Russia's Defence, Ukrainian, Russian Federation, Russian, Komsomolskaya Pravda, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Russian, Ukraine, Odesa, Russia, MOSCOW, Kyiv, Mykolaiv, Ukraine's, Ukrainian, Moscow, Crimea, Crimean, Sevastopol

☆ Russia strikes Ukraine grain port after exiting export deal
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-18 | by ( Olena Harmash | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

Ukraine and Russia are both among the world's biggest exporters of grain and other foodstuffs. If Ukrainian grain is again blocked from the market, prices could soar around the world, hitting the poorest countries hardest. Russia says it could return to the grain deal, but only if its demands are met for rules to be eased for its own exports of food and fertiliser. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has called for the grain deal to continue without Russia, effectively seeking Turkey's backing to negate the Russian blockade. Any attempt to reopen Ukrainian grain shipments without Russia's participation would depend on insurance companies agreeing to provide coverage.

Persons: Andriy Yermak, Antonio Guterres, Moscow, Dmitry Peskov, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Tayyip Erdogan, Ukraine's counterassault, Hanna Maliar, Serhiy Cherevatyi, Peter Graff, Angus MacSwan, Alex Richardson Organizations: UN, United Nations, Local, Kyiv, Russian Federation, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Russia, Moscow, KYIV, Ukrainian, Odesa, Ukraine, Crimean, Mykolaiv, Crimea, Russia's, Kupiansk, Kyiv, Bakhmut, Turkey, Russian, Kharkiv

☆ Russia launches drones, missiles on Ukraine's south and east - Ukraine's Air Force
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-17 | by ( Gleb Garanich | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

KYIV, July 18 (Reuters) - Russia launched overnight air attacks on Ukraine's south and east using drones and possibly ballistic missiles, Ukraine's Air Force and officials said early on Tuesday. "It's quite serious," Mayor Oleksandr Senkevich said on the Telegram messaging app of the fire, adding that more detail will come in the morning. Air raid alerts blared in many Ukrainian regions for hours, before being called off at around 04:30 a.m. local time (0130 GMT). Oleh Kiper, the head of the Odesa region's military administration, said air defence systems there were engaged in repelling several waves of Russian drone attacks. Serhiy Bratchuk, a spokesperson for Ukraine's Odesa military administration, said on the Telegram messaging app that details of the attack will come later in the morning.

Persons: Oleksandr Senkevich, blared, Oleh Kiper, Serhiy Bratchuk, Gleb Garanich, Lidia Kelly, Kim Coghill, Lincoln, Michael Perry Organizations: Ukraine's Air Force, Air Force, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Russia, Mykolaiv, Ukraine, Odesa, Donetsk, Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk, Poltava, Cherkasy, Kharkiv, Kirovohrad, Crimean, Moscow, Ukrainian, Kyiv, Melbourne

☆ Live updates: Russia's war in Ukraine, upcoming NATO Summit in Vilnius
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-10 | by ( Helen Regan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Images from amateur Russian trainspotting websites appear to show Putin's train. The train is painted to look like an ordinary Russian Railways train. Among the parts of the train detailed is car number 021-78630, with a gym and spa for Putin, according to the Dossier Center. The Dossier Center is backed by Mikhail Khodorkovsky, an exiled former Russian oil tycoon turned Kremlin critic. A glossy brochure made by Zircon itself shows a luxurious gym and spa on wheels designed for Putin, the Dossier Center says.

Persons: Vladimir Putin’s, ”, “, Putin, Yevgeny Prigozhin’s, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Zircon Organizations: Russian Railways, CNN, Transportation Administration, Kremlin, Süddeutsche Zeitung, NDR, WDR, Service Locations: Russian, Ukraine, Mykolaiv, Moscow, London

A glossy brochure made by Zircon itself shows a luxurious gym and spa on wheels designed for Putin, the Dossier Center says. The room itself, documents from the Dossier Center suggest, is outfitted to help prevent the use of listening devices. The train is painted to look like an ordinary Russian Railways train. “There is a ghost train on the railways of our country,” one trainspotter wrote alongside an image of what appears to be Putin’s train he posted on rutrain.com. It is through the image of those domes that we know that Putin’s train carries the ordinary external markings of a Russian train.

Persons: Vladimir Putin’s, ”, “, Putin, Yevgeny Prigozhin’s, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Zircon, –, Dmitry Pegov, Oleg Klimentiev, ” Pegov, Oleg Ateistovich, ” CNN’s, Gleb Karakulov, Karakulov, ” Karakulov, trainspotter, trainspotters, Abbas Gallyamov, ” Gallyamov, Putin's, Gallyamov, Wagner, It’s Organizations: CNN, Transportation Administration, Kremlin, Süddeutsche Zeitung, NDR, WDR, Service, Russian Railways, “, Dossier, Zircon Service, Federal Security Service, FSO Locations: Ukraine, Mykolaiv, Moscow, London, Russian, Russia, Valdai, St . Petersburg, Kerch, Crimea, Israel

☆ Ukraine's wounded grain giant weathers war with Danube exports
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-07 | by ( Tom Balmforth | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

He added that Nibulon never had faith in the Black Sea grain deal and was surprised it had been agreed in the first place. That share has risen to 70%-80% versus the volumes it ships across the Black Sea under the grain deal. He acknowledged that the Danube route where infrastructure is less developed is more expensive than the Black Sea. "We decided to have a more expensive logistics route, but more secure route." If the Black Sea deal ends on July 17, Nibulon would benefit in the short term, he said.

Persons: Son, KYIV, Oleksiy Vadaturskiy, Andriy, Vadaturskiy, Nibulon, It's, Tom Balmforth, David Evans Organizations: Black, Reuters, European Bank for Reconstruction, IFC, Thomson Locations: Russian, Kyiv ., Russia, Mykolaiv, Dnipro, Ukraine

☆ Greta Thunberg has accused Russia of ‘ecocide’ in Ukraine. But what does that mean?
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-02 | by ( Radina Gigova | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

The Deep-Water Horizon oil spill, severe pollution in the Niger Delta and Amazon deforestation, could be examples of ecocide, said Jojo Mehta, co-founder and executive director of Stop Ecocide International. A number of others have debated doing the same, including Brazil, Canada, Kenya, the Maldives and the UK, according to Stop Ecocide International. “It is not a question of whether ecocide will become part of international criminal law, it’s only a question of when,” Sands said. A working group, including Thunberg, has also been established to draw attention to the environmental impact of war. If ecocide were an international crime, it could give the process more authority, some experts say.

Persons: Volodymyr Zelensky, Greta Thunberg, “, Sergei Supinsky, ”, Doug Weir, Polly Higgins, ” Weir, Jojo Mehta, Michael Dantas, Jair Bolsonaro, ” Philippe Sands, Mehta, wasn’t, it’s, ” Sands, Weir, Anna Ackerman, Matthew Hatcher, Ackerman, can’t Organizations: CNN, Getty, Criminal Court, ICC, Observatory, Criminal, International Institute for Sustainable Development, Ukraine’s Locations: Ukraine, Europe, Swedish, Kyiv, Russia, AFP, British, Niger Delta, Humaita, Amazonas, Brazil, ecocide, Rome, Canada, Kenya, Maldives, Mykolaiv, Odesa, Kherson

☆ A retired US general says Ukraine could recapture Crimea before the summer's out, but only if the US gives it the ammunition it needs
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-22 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Retired Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges told Newsweek that Ukraine could retake Crimea before the summer ends. Hodges believes recapturing Crimea would be essential for Ukraine to rebuild its economy. "My principal caveat still remains that if the United States were to provide what Ukraine needs, then Ukraine could actually still liberate Crimea by the end of this summer," retired Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges told Newsweek on Wednesday. The Biden administration has held back from sending long-range weapons to Ukraine that have the capacity to strike targets in Russia. US officials told Ukraine in February that they weren't able to send over the ATACMS due to insufficient supply, per Politico.

Persons: Ben Hodges, Hodges, —, Pat Ryder, Biden, Vladimir Putin Organizations: Newsweek, Service, US Army, State Department, Pentagon, Tactical Missiles Systems, Ukraine Locations: Ukraine, Crimea, United States, Russia, Sevastopol, Saki, Russian, St . Petersburg, Belarus, Poland, Russians, Mykolaiv, Europe

☆ Death toll rises from flooding after Ukraine dam breach
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

June 18 (Reuters) - The death toll from flooding following the destruction of the Kakhovka dam has risen to 16 in Ukraine, Kyiv officials said, while Russian officials said 29 people have died in territories that Moscow controls. The breaching of the Kakhovka Dam on June 6 unleashed floodwaters across a large swath of land in southern Ukraine and in Russia-occupied parts of Ukraine, destroying farmland and cutting off supplies to civilians. Andrei Alekseyenko, chairman of the Russian-installed administration in the Moscow-occupied parts of the Kherson region, said on the Telegram messaging app the death toll had risen to 29 people. Ukraine accuses Russia of blowing up the Soviet-era dam, under Russian control since early days of its invasion in 2022. A team of international legal experts assisting Ukraine's prosecutors in their investigation said in preliminary findings on Friday it was "highly likely" the collapse in Ukraine's Kherson region was caused by explosives planted by Russians.

Persons: Andrei Alekseyenko, Lidia Kelly, Lincoln Organizations: Telegram, Russian, Thomson Locations: Ukraine, Moscow, Russia, Kherson, Mykolaiv, Russian, Ukraine's Kherson, U.S, Great Salt, Crimea, Melbourne

CNN —Beaches in the southern Ukrainian region of Odesa have been closed off after filthy waters from a collapsed dam washed downstream, posing a “genuine threat” to local residents, authorities say. Homes are seen underwater in a flooded neighborhood in Kherson, Ukraine, Wednesday, June 7, 2023. Celestino Arce/NurPhoto/Reuters A neighborhood of Kherson, Ukraine, remains flooded Saturday, June 10, following the collapse of the Nova Kakhovka dam days earlier. Celestino Arce/NurPhoto/Getty Images Ukrainian servicemen use boats to evacuate people in a flooded neighborhood of Kherson on June 8. Alex Babenko/Getty Images Houses in a flooded Kherson neighborhood on June 7.

Persons: Felipe Dana, Andrey Alekseenko, Celestino Arce, NurPhoto, Evgeniy, Hanna, Oleksandr Klymenko, Vladyslav Musiienko, Alex Babenko, Angelina Kopayeva, Muhammed Enes Yildirim, Tetiana, Ivan Antypenko, Alexey Konovalov, Musiienko, Nina Lyashonok, Oleksandra, Alina Smutko Organizations: CNN, Authorities, Kyiv, Ukraine’s Ministry, Internal Affairs, Telegram, Local, AP, Reuters Volunteers, Reuters, Getty, Anadolu Agency, Planet Labs PBC, Reuters Red Cross, AP Local, Culture, Reuters Local Locations: Ukrainian, Odesa, Russia, Dnipro, –, ”, Dnistrovskyi, Kherson, Ukraine, Crimea, Russian, Nova, Mykolaiv, Kherson . Roman, Vladyslav, Nova Kakhovka, Libkos

☆ As Floodwaters Recede, Ukrainian Authorities Brace for Possible Disease Outbreaks
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-17 | by ( Megan Specia | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Nearly two weeks after the destruction of the Kakhovka dam in southeastern Ukraine, the floodwaters are receding, but local officials are grappling with a new concern: the potential for outbreaks from waterborne disease. On Saturday, local officials in Kherson and Mykolaiv, the two regions most affected by the flooding on the Dnipro River unleashed when the dam collapsed, outlined plans to ensure safe drinking water. And doctors in hospitals across those regions have been warned to prepare for the potential for an outbreak of disease. Hundreds of residential areas are still underwater, including some under Russian occupation. International humanitarian organizations have shared concerns about widespread pollution and the potential for illness, but the Ukrainian health authorities maintain that they are vigilantly monitoring for any signs of a disease outbreak.

Persons: Oleksandr Chebotarov Organizations: Kherson City Clinical Hospital, International Locations: Ukraine, Kherson, Mykolaiv, Dnipro, Kherson City

☆ Bunge, Viterra will merge to form $34 billion agri-trading powerhouse
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-13 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Under the deal, Viterra shareholders will get about 65.6 million shares of Bunge stock, carrying a value of about $6.2 billion, and about $2 billion in cash. Bunge will also assume $9.8 billion of Viterra's debt, according to the statement. Viterra was the third-largest corn exporter and No. Bunge said it plans to repurchase $2 billion of its stock to enhance accretion from the deal to adjusted profit. In early 2017, Viterra, then known as Glencore Agriculture, attempted a takeover of Bunge, which was then valued at $11 billion.

Persons: Archer, Bunge, Viterra, Greg Heckman, Heckman, Gavilon, Karl Plume, Anirban Sen, Arunima Kumar, Mrinalika Roy, Caroline Stauffer, Matthew Lewis, Devika Organizations: Bunge, Daniels, Midland, Cargill, ADM, Bayer, Agriculture, Thomson Locations: Canada, Argentina, Brazil, United States, Australia, Viterra, South Australia, Victoria, Chevron, Ukraine, Kharkiv, Dnipro, Mykolaiv, Chicago, New York, Bengaluru

☆ Russia-Ukraine War Updates: Flooding Subsides, Revealing Scale of Dam Disaster
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-11 | by ( Matthew Mpoke Bigg | Matt Surman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

Floodwaters in a residential neighborhood after the destruction of the Kakhovka dam, on Friday, in Kherson, Ukraine. Russian troops controlled the dam, and engineering and munitions experts have said that a deliberate explosion inside the dam probably caused its collapse. Moscow’s accusations that the government in Kyiv was responsible for the disaster have been met with scorn in Ukraine. The dam disaster has poisoned water supplies and, over time, it will deplete groundwater levels upstream — creating a long-term problem for a population well beyond those living in the immediate flood zone. The flooding has “severely disrupted this primary water source,” according to a report issued on Sunday by Britain’s defense intelligence agency.

Persons: ”, Ruslan Strilets, Vladimir Saldo Organizations: Emergency Service, Russian, Facebook Locations: Kherson, Ukraine, Dnipro, American, Russia, Kyiv, Mykolaiv, Ukrainian, Russian, Crimea

☆ Kakhovka dam collapse has made Black Sea a ‘garbage dump and animal cemetery,’ Ukraine warns
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-11 | by ( Mariya Knight | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Floodwaters are receding following the collapse of the Kakhovka dam, but debris washed along the Dnipro river is turning Odesa’s Black Sea coastline into “a garbage dump and animal cemetery,” according to Ukrainian authorities. “The Dnipro river flows into the Black Sea, bearing many signs of the devastation caused by Russians,” the ministry said. The collapse of the dam in southern Ukraine on June 6 is one of the biggest industrial and ecological disasters in Europe for decades. Several Western officials have blamed the collapse of the Russian-occupied dam on Moscow. Call for international supportThe developments came as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called for international support to help rescue victims of the dam collapse in Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine.

Persons: ”, it’s, Oleksandr Prokudin, Prokudin, ” Prokudin, Volodymyr Zelensky, Zelensky, ” Zelensky, “, Justin Trudeau Organizations: CNN, Ukraine’s Ministry, Internal Affairs, “, Russian Foreign, Armed Forces of, State Emergency Service, Ukraine Saturday, Canadian Locations: Dnipro, ”, Ukraine, Europe, Russian, Moscow, Kherson, Ukrainian, Kherson region, “ Russia, Mykolaiv, Armed Forces of Ukraine, Dnipropetrovsk, Nikopol, Afanasivka, Canada

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