BERLIN (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy expressed shock at what he said was the failure of the United Nations and the Red Cross to help after the destruction of the massive Kakhovka dam as his prime minister called for aid from international agencies. Although the catastrophe happened many hours ago, “they aren’t here”, Zelenskiy…
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A group of 19 Republican state attorneys general, oil industry, farming and truck driver groups said Tuesday they had filed legal challenges to the Biden administration decision approving California’s plans to require a rising number of zero-emission heavy-duty trucks as the state pushes to cut pollution. The Environmental Protection Agency…
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NOVA KAKHOVKA, Russian-controlled Ukraine (Reuters) – Villagers on the Russian side of the front line in Ukraine surveyed the damage to their flooded homes from a massive dam breach and waited for help from the authorities on Wednesday, while people clamoured for information in chat rooms. Russian-installed officials ordered residents of three districts to leave…
By Sergiy Karazy KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine has not yet launched a planned counteroffensive to win back territory occupied by Russia, and its start will be obvious to everyone when it happens, a senior security official said on Wednesday. Oleksiy Danilov, Secretary of Ukraine’s National Security and Defence Council, dismissed statements by Russian officials who…
(Reuters) – A state of emergency has been imposed in Russian-controlled parts of Ukraine’s Kherson region following the destruction of the Nova Kakhovka dam and the flooding of large area, Russia’s TASS state news agency reported on Wednesday. The agency, citing emergency services, said about 2,700 houses were flooded after the destruction of the dam…
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(Reuters) – Satellite images taken on Tuesday afternoon by Maxar Technologies showed extensive flooding in southern Ukraine with the region’s Nova Kahkovka dam and hydroelectric station largely destroyed. The critical dam, which lies along the Dnipro River in the parts of Ukraine’s Kherson region now held by Russia, collapsed on Tuesday, flooding a swathe of…
