Ukraine continued to evacuate thousands of people on Wednesday after an attack on the Russian-controlled Nova Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine released a flood of water, inundating two dozen villages and sparking fears of a humanitarian disaster. Follow our live blog for the latest updates on the war in Ukraine. Times are Paris time (GMT+2).
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8:31. Russia says the West is trying to confuse the world about who is responsible for Nord Stream
The Russian Embassy in the United States said on Wednesday that a report published by the Washington Post that the United States was aware of a Ukrainian plan to attack the Nord Stream natural gas pipeline is part of a coordinated attempt by the West to confuse the world about the truth. : .
The Washington Post reported on Tuesday that a six-man team of Ukrainian special operations forces intended to blow up the Russia-Germany project. The report cited an online leak that the CIA obtained last June through a European spy agency;
“The coordinated campaign of the West, led by the United States, to confuse the international community is sewn with white threads,” quoted Russian diplomat Andrey Ledenev in a post on the embassy’s Telegram message channel.
“The reason for the theories and hypotheses multiplied by the notorious “secret” data of the local intelligence community is so simple.
08:17. The authorities deployed by Russia have declared a state of emergency in the annexed parts of the Kherson region
Russian-backed authorities have imposed a state of emergency in the Russian-annexed part of Ukraine’s Kherson region, TASS news agency reported Wednesday, citing emergency services.
8:05 a.m.: Ukrainian attack leaves two Russian cities without power, one injured, governor says
Two towns in Russia’s western Kursk region lost power and one person was injured on Wednesday when Ukraine threw explosives at an electricity substation near the border overnight, the region’s governor said.
“One of the workers was injured by shrapnel while restoring the power supply. He is in the central district hospital and doctors are giving him the necessary treatment,” said Governor Roman Starovoit.
Reuters was unable to independently verify his account.
8:00 a.m. Peak flood levels are expected Wednesday morning
The flood caused by the partial destruction of the Nova Kakhovka dam on Tuesday, which has inundated at least 35 villages and towns on both banks of the Dnieper River, is expected to reach its peak late this morning. Water levels are expected to rise. lasts for several days, and evacuations continue on the Ukrainian side of the river. Before this incident, these areas were already on the front line and were regularly shelled. Even the animals were not spared, as more than 300 people died in the flood at the Nova Kakhovka zoo, one of the largest in Ukraine.
FRANCE 24’s Gulliver Cragg reports.
7:06 a.m. As a result of the destruction of the Nova Kakhovka dam, at least seven people are missing as a result of the flood, TASS reports.
At least seven people are missing after waters from the damaged Nova Kakhovka dam flooded nearby areas, Russia’s TASS news agency reported on Wednesday, citing the mayor of the city of Nova Kakhovka.
06:48. Ukraine evacuates thousands after key dam collapses
Ukraine was evacuating thousands of people on Wednesday after an attack on a major Russian-controlled dam unleashed torrents of water, inundating two dozen villages and sparking fears of a humanitarian disaster.
Washington has warned there will be “likely many deaths” as Moscow and Kiev trade blame for the breach of the Kakhovka dam, which is on the front line and provides cooling water for Europe’s largest nuclear power plant.
Kiev has said about the destruction of the dam – Confiscated by Russia in the first hours of the war – It was Moscow’s attempt to thwart his long-awaited offensive, which the Ukrainian leader stressed he would not interfere with.
The UN Security Council convened an emergency session on Tuesday at the request of Russia and Ukraine.
“Today’s news means that the situation for people in Ukraine is going to get worse,” Martin Griffiths, the UN’s top humanitarian official, told the meeting.
The UN has warned that hundreds of thousands of people could be affected on both sides of the front line.
06:47 Russian forces shelled the Kherson region of Ukraine, one person was killed, the governor said
The Russian forces repeatedly shelled the Ukrainian Kherson region in the last day, the governor of the region said, as a result of the attack, one person died and another was injured.
The shelling included the city of Kherson, Ukrainian regional governor Oleksandr Prokudin said on the Telegram messaging app.
Reuters could not independently verify the report. There were no details other than Prokudin.
The Nova Kakhovka dam collapsed in the Russian-controlled Kherson region on Tuesday, flooding large areas of Kherson and forcing the evacuation of thousands of people.
06:01 The water level in Nova Kakhovka is falling after the destruction of the dam, said officials posted by Russia
The water level in the city of Nova Kakhovka began to drop on Wednesday morning after the destruction of a nearby dam, the city’s Russian-installed administration said on the Telegram messaging app.
“The water level in the previously flooded streets of Nova Kakhovka has started to drop,” the administration of the now Moscow-controlled city said.
Read yesterday’s live blog to see how the day’s events unfold.
Key developments for Tuesday, June 6.
Kiev has called for an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council following the partial destruction of the Russian-controlled Nova Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine.
On Tuesday, the Prosecutor General of Ukraine announced that 17,000 people were evacuated from two dozen villages after the incident. Ukraine has accused Russian forces of blowing up a hydroelectric dam, a vital resource for the entire region, supplying water to many communities and Europe’s largest nuclear power plant in Zaporozhye.
(FRANCE 24 with AFP, AP and Reuters)