Russia blocking UN from Kakhovka, China won’t arm Russia, Ze remains popular
Your slice of the headlines in Ukraine. Daily. Tuesday, June 20, 2023.
● Russian forces block UN access to areas damaged by Kakhovka dam explosion
Russia’s occupation administration in Kherson Oblast has refused to give UN representatives access to the areas of the east bank of Kherson Oblast affected by the flooding from the destruction of the Kakhovka dam, a UN official has said.
● Who and what may suffer most from Kakhovka dam destruction — expert interview
Sudden floods, the “drying” of the local climate, a lack of drinking and technical water, and the impoverishment of the soil will radically change the lives of the residents of Kherson Oblast in the coming years, Kherson State University professor Ihor Pylypenko said in an interview with NV on June 19.
● Ukraine launches war-related sexual abuse awareness campaign
Jointly with the United Nations Population Fund in Ukraine (UNFPA), the Ukrainian government launched a war-related sexual abuse awareness campaign on June 19 – the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict
● China vows not to supply weapons to Russia — Blinken
The Chinese government has not supplied and will not supply Russia with weapons for use in the war against Ukraine, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on June 19, following talks with China’s President Xi Jinping.
● Ukrainian saboteurs strike successfully in occupied territory
The Ukrainian military is trying to weaken the Russian army via sabotage far behind the front line, German newspaper Bild reported on June 18, citing a report by the German Defense Ministry.
● Over 500 civilians may have died in Oleshky after dam breach, Ukraine says
More than 500 residents of Russia-occupied Oleshky in Kherson Oblast may have died after Russian troops blew up the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant dam, Ukraine’s National Resistance Center reported on June 19.
● African delegation saw who really wants peace, says Zelenskyy
Delegates from the African peace mission had an opportunity to see with their own eyes who really wants peace and who is waging war on Ukraine, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in his evening address on June 18.
● Over 70% of Ukrainians want Zelenskyy to remain president
77% of Ukrainians want President Volodymyr Zelensky to remain in his post after the end of the full-scale Russian invasion, according to a survey released on June 19 by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology.
● Ukrainian counteroffensive seeing notable success on southern front, says military
The Ukrainian army has achieved notable success in its counteroffensive in the south, the commander of the Ukrainian military’s Tavria Operational and Strategic Group of Troops Oleksandr Tarnavskiy reported on June 19.
● Russia may intensify drone attacks in the coming days, says Ukrainian military
Invading Russian forces may once again increase the number of drone attacks on Ukraine in the coming days as they are expecting new supplies, the Ukrainian military’s Operational Command South spokesperson Natalia Humeniuk said on national television on June 19.
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