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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit China in the coming weeks and possibly meet with Xi Jinping, — Bloomberg with reference to sources.
❗️Hearings on Russia's recognition of a violation of the UN anti-terrorist agreement began in The Hague, the Ukrainian delegation mentioned the blowing up of the Kakhovska HPP in its speech, — Reuters.
Zelenskyy is convinced that Ukraine should liberate its own territory, and not go further into Russian territory, as this will take more lives of Ukrainian soldiers, and international partners will not approve such a move
The Russian occupiers are not evacuating the civilian population from the flooded settlements of the Kherson region, although they have withdrawn their own troops, — the permanent representative of Ukraine at the UN Security Council, Sergiy Kyslytsya.
During an extraordinary meeting of the Security Council, the diplomat noted that after the explosion at the Kakhovska HPP in the territory controlled by Ukraine, the evacuation of 17 settlements, where more than 17,000 people live, in the occupied areas of the Left Bank, 20 towns and villages with a population of about 25,000 are subject to evacuation.
"There will be big problems with fresh water", — President Zelenskyy on the consequences of blowing up the Kakhovska HPP
About 300 animals died in the Kazkova Dibrova Zoo due to the flooding.
Animals were blocked. The park was mined, all roads were blocked, and the evacuation of animals was impossible. [Notable mainly for the statemetn that the Russians were mining a zoo]
China is deeply concerned about the situation around the Kakhovska HPP and its environmental consequences, said the representative of the People's Republic of China, Zhang Jun at the meeting of the UN Security Council. [such a shame their concern didn't extend to talking to Ukraine for over a year.]
It is too early to draw any conclusions regarding the circumstances of the destruction of the Kakhovska HPP dam, — Prime Minister of Great Britain Rishi Sunak, reports The Telegraph.
The scale of the disaster caused by the explosion of the Kakhovska HPP dam will become apparent in the coming days. Still, it is already clear that it will have far-reaching consequences for thousands of people, said UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Martin Griffiths at a meeting of the Security Council.
“The destroyed dam was crucial in providing water to agricultural lands south of the Kherson region and on the Crimean peninsula. Prolonged flooding will disrupt agricultural activities, damage livestock, and fisheries, and cause far-reaching, long-term effects. This is a significant blow to the food manufacturing sector," Griffiths said.
🔻As a result of the destruction of the Kakhovska HPP next year, the fields in the south of Ukraine may turn into deserts, predicts the Ministry of Agrarian Policy
94% of irrigation systems in the Kherson region, 74% in the Zaporizhzhia region, and 30% in the Dnipropetrovsk region may remain without a water source.
The head of the Kherson Regional Military Administration, Oleksandr Prokudin, said that after the explosion of the Kakhovska HPP, as of this morning, 1,852 houses in the right-bank Kherson region have already been flooded, and due to the significant destruction of the dam, water will continue to arrive
Bulgaria's new pro-European government has confirmed that it will help Ukraine with weapons
Newly appointed Defense Minister Todor Tagarev said he supports military aid to Ukraine amid its counteroffensive against Russian forces
🇨🇭The upper house of the Swiss parliament approved an amendment to the law that will allow the re-export of weapons to Ukraine, — the parliament's press service.
The day before, the lower house voted against the amendment — now, the deputies will consider it again
According to a European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) survey, the number of Europeans who consider Russia an enemy has doubled.
According to ECFR, about 64% of respondents from 11 EU countries who took part in the survey said that they see Russia as a competitor (9%) or an adversary (55%) — this is twice as much as in 2021.
About 39% of Hungarians and 65% of Bulgarians see Russia as an ally or a necessary partner.
Again, opinion is divided, with Poland (39%) most favoring cutting all ties with Russia. In comparison, Germany (26%), Hungary (32%), Austria (36%), and Bulgaria (51%) show strong support for full post-war cooperation with the Russian Federation.
Finland expels nine employees of the Russian embassy in Helsinki, — Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The Russians are suspected of conducting intelligence activities.
Residents of the Belgorod region began to sell off housing en masse after the terrorist attacks on its territory, — The Moscow Times.
Since the beginning of the war in the Belgorod region, prices per square meter have fallen by 4%, TsIAN experts have calculated on behalf of The Moscow Times.
According to a European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) survey, the number of Europeans who consider Russia an enemy has doubled.
According to ECFR, about 64% of respondents from 11 EU countries who took part in the survey said that they see Russia as a competitor (9%) or an adversary (55%) — this is twice as much as in 2021.
A magnetometer in Bucharest recorded the explosion of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric dam
This was announced on his Twitter by an independent researcher, physicist Richard Cordaro.
This may indicate that the dam was destroyed as a result of the detonation of the planted explosives by the Russian occupiers and not self-destruction or external shelling.