Kakhovka HPP explosion: 10 people killed, 42 missing
Forty-two people, including seven children, are reported missing as a result of the explosion of the Kakhovka HPP dam by Russian troops, and 10 people have been killed.
12 June 2023
Forty-two people, including seven children, are reported missing as a result of the explosion of the Kakhovka HPP dam by Russian troops, and 10 people have been killed.
The German side does not have its own data on the destruction of German Leopard tanks during the hostilities in Ukraine, and the Bundeswehr does not assess Russian statements.
Water levels are beginning to drop in the Oleshky community, Kherson region, but the massive destruction of houses has begun.
Russia keeps three ships on combat duty in the Black Sea, but there are no missile carriers among them.
Experts of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) need access to a location near Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) to clarify the reason for a significant discrepancy between different measurements of the height of the reservoir that is supplying water to cool the facility's six reactors and spent fuel storage.
Russian forces have launched an air strike on Avdiivka, Donetsk region, damaging apartment buildings and wounding two civilians.
Ukrainian defenders have recaptured the village of Novodarivka, Zaporizhzhia region, from Russian forces.
Ukraine's Deputy Foreign Minister Andriy Melnyk has asked Germany to send more German-made tanks to Ukraine.
In the Donetsk region, Russian invaders launched an air strike on Velyka Novosilka, and in the morning massively shelled Avdiivka with artillery.
The Russian side does not evacuate people after the explosion of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant, instead using information from the Ukrainian side and passing it off as its own work.
Russian engineering units are mining the workshops of the Crimean Titan enterprise in the temporarily occupied Crimea.
Since midnight, the Russian invasion forces shelled the areas of Sumy and Chernihiv regions bordering Russia five times.
Over the last 24 hours, the enemy army fired 74 times at the Zaporizhzhia region, injuring a 50-year-old woman.
Ukraine’s Marines, who recently liberated the village of Storozheve, Donetsk region, eliminated 50 Russian invaders and captured another four.
Three combat clashes took place in the Bakhmut direction over the past day, where 66 invaders were killed, and another 83 were injured in action. Ukraine’s forces advanced some 250 to 700 meters along the flanks, pushing the enemy back.
During the last week, Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu has maintained a high public profile, likely with the aim of presenting himself as in control of strategic issues while Ukraine accelerates offensive operations.
Uncontrolled explosions of munitions driven by floodwater from the Kakhovka Reservoir downstream of the Dnipro River into the Black Sea along with the debris of destroyed buildings and garbage have been observed lately.
In Mariupol, Russian invaders continue to repair their fortification structures at the Azovstal steelworks, transforming the massive industrial facility into a military base.
In the piles of debris and garbage that washed away from the Kakhovka Reservoir and are now washing up on the coast, including Odesa, there may be dangerous objects. The debris can only be removed after an explosive ordnance disposal inspection.
A total of 392 children have gone missing in Ukraine since the outset of the full-scale war.
Over the past day, June 11, the Russian Federation army killed one resident of the Donetsk region and injured two others.
Russian aggressors use child labor and militarize minors in the temporarily captured territories of Ukraine.
As of June 10, 62,912 shelters have been inspected in Ukraine, more than 23% of which are unusable.
From February 24, 2022 to June 12, 2023, the Ukrainian Defense Forces eliminated 216,180 Russian invaders, including 540 in the past day alone.
Marines raised the Ukrainian flag over Storozheve village in Donetsk region.
Yesterday, June 11, Russian invaders shelled Kherson region 26 times, killing three people.
The details of the "aircraft coalition", as well as everything related to air defense, ammunition, and artillery, will be discussed at the Ramstein format meeting in June.
In the temporarily occupied territories of southern Ukraine, the Russians installed CCTV cameras on the roads to fight the Ukrainian underground.
Twenty-five combat engagements took place over the past day. The enemy launched one missile strike, 36 airstrikes, and 38 MLRS attacks on the positions of Ukrainian troops and populated settlements.
Prosecutor General of Ukraine Andriy Kostin and representatives of the International Criminal Court visited the flood-affected areas in Kherson region after Russia blew up the Kakhovka HPP dam.