Ukraine’s rescue operations and the aftermath of the Kakhovka dam disaster. In photos. Since the Kakhovka dam collapsed on June 6, Ukraine has been working to rescue residents from flooded parts of Ukraine’s Kherson and Mykolaiv regions. More than 70 settlements and thousands of homes are estimated to be located downstream from the Kakhovka HPP. Thousands of local residents have already been evacuated.

Russian forces have decided to place the flooded city of Hola Prystan under quarantine, Ukrainian volunteers told Meduza. The city is located in the part of the Kherson region controlled by Russia. According to the volunteers, no one is able to enter or exit the city. The volunteers said that Russian special forces arrived in the Kherson region, and may be preparing to “filter” civilians, though this has not been confirmed.

The Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Andriy Yermak said that the Russian military fired at a boat evacuating civilians from the Russian-controlled left bank of the Dnipro River in the Kherson region. According to Yermak, the civilians were able to reach the city of Kherson, which is controlled by Ukrainian forces. Three people were killed in the attack and more than 20 others were injured, reported Oleksandr Prokudin, the regional governor of Kherson.

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The United States has notified UNESCO (the United Nations educational, scientific and cultural organization) that it has decided to rejoin the agency, Axios reports, citing a State Department spokesman. The US withdrew from UNESCO in October 2017. The administration of the 45th President of the United States, Donald Trump, said that the decision was connected with the anti-Israeli, according to the American authorities, policy of the organization.

The Russian military blew up a dam on the Wet Yaly River, which flows through the territory of the Donetsk region. Due to the explosion, both banks of the river were flooded, Valery Shershen, a representative of the defense forces of the Tauride direction, told Ukrayinska Pravda. The Wet Yaly River also flows through the village of Blagodatnoye, the liberation of which the Ukrainian military announced on June 11.

Russian forces have decided to quarantine the city of Holaya Pristan in the Kherson region, which is under the control of Russian troops and suffered from flooding after the disaster at the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station. This was reported to Meduza by Ukrainian volunteers. According to them, the city was closed for entry and exit.

In Crimea’s Kirovske region, railway traffic was suspended after damage to the railway tracks, reported Sergey Aksyonov, the Kremlin-appointed governor of annexed Crimea. According to him, there were no casualties. The Russian Telegram channel Baza reported that an explosion occurred on the railway in Crimea while a freight train was on the tracks. The explosion occurred right next to the train, as it was travelling on the stretch between Vladislavovka and Kirovske.

Update. According to the latest data from the Ukrainian authorities, three people were killed and 23 people were injured due to the shelling. It is reported by the Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine. The Russian military fired on a boat on which civilians from the Kherson region were evacuated from the left bank of the Dnieper, which is controlled by Russian forces. This was announced by the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Andriy Yermak.

The Russian Orthodox Church has stated that pacifism is incompatible with the teachings of the Orthodox Church and has been present in heretical doctrines in different eras. This is stated in the materials for the meeting of the church court, which will consider the statements of Kostroma priest John Burdin, who was banned from serving, and who opposes the war. Case materials ( one , two ) Burdin published in his telegram.

The village of Blahodatne in the Donetsk region has been liberated by the 68th Separate Jaeger Brigade “Oleksa Dovbush” and other units of Ukraine’s Armed Forces. The brigade’s press service posted a video which shows Ukrainian soldiers entering a partially destroyed building and raising a Ukrainian flag over it. The Ukrainian military’s land forces also reported that Blahodatne was liberated. The Russian authorities have not yet commented on the Ukrainian military’s statements.

In the Kirovsky district of Crimea, the movement of trains was suspended after damage to the railway tracks, said the head of the annexed region, Sergei Aksyonov. No one was injured in the incident, he said. Aksyonov said that a bus transfer was organized for passengers, and the railway tracks would be repaired in three to four hours. The Baza telegram channel reported that an explosion occurred on a section of a railway in Crimea when a freight train was passing there.

Update. Scottish police have announced that former Prime Minister Nicola Sturgeon has been released without charge after questioning. Former Scottish First Minister and former Scottish National Party leader Nicola Sturgeon has been detained by police, Sky News reports. A 52-year-old woman has been detained by police in Scotland as a suspect in a Scottish National Party funding case.

On June 11, two drones crashed in Russia’s Kaluga region, reported the region’s governor Vladislav Shapsha. According to the governor, one drone crashed near the village of Strelkovka in the Zhukovsky district. Two dachas sustained minor damage, with broken windows. There were no casualties. Later, Shapsha reported that the crash site of “an alleged unmanned aerial vehicle” was found in a forested area in the Medynsky district. According to him, there were no casualties and no damage.

More than 60,000 people have been killed or injured in the advance of Russian forces in Bakhmut since May 2022, the UK Department of Defense said in a video posted on its Twitter account. According to the ministry, Russian forces advanced about 29 kilometers in the Bakhmut direction. “This corresponds to 48 centimeters for every soldier killed or wounded,” the entry says. In February 2022, Russia was probably planning to capture the entire Donbas within 10-14 days.