This blog is now closed, thanks for joining us. These were the updates on the Russia-Ukraine war on Thursday, June 8:
This blog is now closed, thanks for joining us. These were the updates on the Russia-Ukraine war on Thursday, June 8:
- Russia and Ukraine accuse one another of shelling flood-hit areas after the Nova Kakhovka dam collapsed.
- The warring sides say people on both banks of the Dnipro river have died as a result of the breach, while Ukraine claims Russian shelling has killed at least one person.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has visited flooded areas amid warnings of the dangers posed by floating mines, the spread of disease and hazardous chemicals in the floodwaters.
- Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu says Moscow’s forces repelled a large-scale overnight attempt by Ukraine to break through the Zaporizhia region.