• 6:52 a.m.: President Zelensky to hold an emergency meeting following the destruction of the Nova Kakhovka Dam

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will hold an emergency meeting about the Nova Kakhova dam explosion in southern Ukraine, Oleksiy Danilov, secretary of Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council, said on Twitter.

  • 6:32 a.m.: Kiev accuses Russian military of destroying major dam on Dnieper River

Ukraine on Tuesday accused Russian forces of blowing up the Nova Kakhovka Dam on the Dnieper River in southern Ukraine in an area controlled by Moscow.

Ukraine's Interior Ministry called on residents of ten villages on the right bank of the river and parts of the city of Kherson to evacuate.

  • 5 a.m.: Wagner's conductor describes Russian balance sheets as "delusions"

The head of the paramilitary group Wagner Yevgeny Prigozhin on Tuesday described as "delusions" the balance sheets of Ukrainian losses claimed by Moscow, which claims to have repelled two major offensives in two days. "These are just delusions," Prigozhin said in a Telegram post.

The Russian Defense Ministry claimed to have repelled two large-scale Ukrainian offensives on Sunday and Monday in the south of Donbass, and to have killed "more than 1500 Ukrainian servicemen" and destroyed "28 tanks".

The Ukrainian government, while claiming territorial gains near the ravaged eastern city of Bakhmut, has downplayed the scale of its "offensive actions" and has provided no balance sheet.

Killing 1500 soldiers in one day is "quite a massacre," said the boss of Wagner, mocking the spokesman of the Russian Ministry of Defense Igor Konashenkov. "Actually, why not add up all the numbers given by Konashenkov. I think we've already destroyed the whole of planet Earth five times," he quipped.

  • 3:50 a.m.: Kiev and Moscow face international justice

Ukraine and Russia face off Tuesday before the UN's highest court, with Kiev accusing Moscow of years supporting separatist rebels in eastern Ukraine before the full-scale Russian invasion that began last year.

In the coming days, Kiev and Moscow will present their arguments to the judges of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, in a case brought by Ukraine in 2017.

Since then, Kiev has filed another petition, following the February 2022 Russian invasion, accusing Moscow of planning genocide. The ICJ ordered Russia to suspend its invasion.

Ukraine's lawyers will speak on Tuesday, while Russia's lawyers will address the court on Thursday, the ICJ said in a statement. Ukraine will then respond on June 12 and Russia on June 14.

  • June 5 Essentials

Ukraine confirmed on Monday that it was carrying out "offensive actions" in some areas of the front, claiming "successes" near the devastated eastern town of Bakhmut.

Earlier, the Russian Defense Ministry claimed that its military had repelled a "large-scale offensive" led by Ukraine in Donbass.

With AFP and Reuters

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