First, links to reports from Reuters, the Associated Press, Tass, Agence France-Presse, and the Moscow Times; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. — MCM
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Russia reports heavy fighting in southern Ukraine, Kyiv silent on counterattack, by Dan Peleschuk | Reuters KYIV — Russia reported heavy fighting along the front in southern and eastern Ukraine today, while Kyiv maintained a strict silence about its long-anticipated counterattack. Ukraine’s counter-offensive is ultimately . . . READ MORE . . .
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A dam collapses and thousands face the deluge — often with no help — in Russian-occupied Ukraine, by Illia Novikov, Yuras Kamanau and Hanna Arhirova | AP KYIV — For days, the Ukrainian teenager has waited in the attic of her home n the Russian-occupied town of Oleshky, marking time with her 83-year-old grandfather and two other elderly people and hoping for help to escape the deluge of a catastrophic dam collapse. But help . . . READ MORE . . .
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Number of flooded homes in Kherson Region rises to almost 22,300 after dam breach. From Tass. MOSCOW — The number of houses flooded after the dam of the Kakhovka hydro-electric power plant (HPP) was breached by Kiev’s shelling increased to almost 22,300, a spokesman for the regional emergency services said today. “According . . . READ MORE . . .
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Before and after satellite images show profound toll of Ukraine dam collapse. From AP. KHERSON, Ukraine — The pre-collapse satellite photos were taken in May and early June. Photos of the same area taken after the dam collapsed Tuesday vividly show how much of it has become unlivable. Brown water as high as people covers . . . READ MORE . . .
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Mapping the damage from the Nova Kakhovka dam collapse, by Mariano Zafra and Dea Bankova | Reuters Analysts from the United Nations Satellite Centre – Unosat have begun to assess the damage caused by the collapse of the Nova Kakhovka dam in Ukraine on June 6. Preliminary analysis of satellite images of the nearby city of Nova Kakhovka has concluded . . . READ MORE . . .
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Russia says ‘repelled’ several attacks on southern front. From AFP and the Moscow Times. The Russian army said today it had repelled several attacks on the southern Ukrainian front, where fighting sharply intensified this week amid expectations of a major Kyiv offensive. “Over the past day, the armed forces of Ukraine continued . . . READ MORE . . .
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West has done everything to make Ukraine ready for counteroffensive, says Biden. From Tass. WASHINGTON — Western countries have done their utmost to prepare Ukraine for its counteroffensive, so Washington is optimistic, U.S. President Joe Biden said on Thursday. “We’ve done everything we could collectively, much individually in the United States, to make them ready, the support is going to . . . READ MORE . . .