De-occupation in full swing and new victims of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station explosion: highlights of June 12
Over the past week, the Ukrainian military has already liberated 7 settlements, two more civilians were found drowned in Kherson, and Russia has not yet given the UN security guarantees for the evacuation of people from the left bank of Kherson Oblast. We have collected the key news for June 12.
Liberation of settlements
Over the past week, in the course of an offensive in the Donetsk and Tavria operational areas, Ukrainian defenders liberated 7 localities: Lobkove, Levadne, Novodarivka, Neskuchne, Storozheve, Makarivka, and Blahodatne.
The Ministry of Defense also said that over the course of the week, Ukrainian troops advanced 6.5 kilometers and took control of 90 square kilometers.
New victims of flooding
Two more civilians have died due to the flooding of Kherson as a result of the Russian explosion of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant: an unidentified woman and a 50-year-old man were found drowned in one of the city's districts.
At the same time, the parliament has estimated that the estimated amount of environmental damage caused by the Russians' explosion of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant is already more than 1.5 billion euros.
Russia has not yet provided security guarantees to the UN
Russia has not yet provided security guarantees to the United Nations to send a mission to evacuate people from the left bank of flooded Kherson Oblast, Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that in the flooded Hola Prystan in Kherson Oblast, the Russian occupiers allow the evacuation of Ukrainian citizens only after receiving a bribe. Local residents are being relocated to Crimea and Krasnodar.
IAEA Director General heads to Ukraine
International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi has announced that he is traveling to Ukraine to meet with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and present an assistance program following the explosion of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant.
Ukrzaliznytsia is testing women's compartments
Ukrzaliznytsia is starting to test special women's compartments on long-distance trains, which are among the leaders in terms of the number of conflict cases registered since the beginning of the year:
- No. 81 Kyiv – Uzhhorod;
- No. 41 Dnipro – Truskavets;
- No. 75 Kyiv – Kryvyi Rih;
- No. 15 Kharkiv – Yasinia.
Tickets for women's compartments on these trains are already on sale for trips starting June 30. In the first stage, it will be possible to buy a ticket to a women's compartment only through the Ukrzaliznytsia mobile application.
Other news
- The media reported the death of former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. He had leukemia.
- Klitschko's team believes that Kyiv does not need a military administration. Meanwhile, the Office of the President wants to change the head of the Kyiv City State Administration, media report.
- The editor of New Zealand's public broadcaster added Russian narratives to news about Ukraine. He was suspended for the duration of the investigation.
- The Swedish government approves the extradition of a Kurdish supporter to Turkey for the first time.
- Since the active war, 2526 Ukrainians have been returned from Russian captivity, Zelenskyy announced.
- The court authorizes a special investigation into former NBU Governor Shevchenko. He says the case has been transferred to a closed regime.
- A soldier in the voluntary formation of a territorial community was killed in an accident near Brovary. The car was driven by a law enforcement officer.
- From now on, May 8 will officially be the Day of Remembrance and Victory over Nazism –Zelenskyy signed a law.
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