- War in Ukraine The land that has seen all its water 'evaporate' in Kherson
The southern Ukrainian regions of Zaporizhia and Donetsk recorded "active fighting" on Friday, a Russian occupation official said, as Ukrainian authorities say they are ready to launch a major counteroffensive.
"At this time, active fighting resumed in the Orejovo region. and Tokmak," at the height of the current front line between Russian and Ukrainian forces, Vladimir Rogov said on Telegram.
For its part, Ukraine says its military shot down four cruise missiles and 10 drones during a Russian airstrike overnight.
Update narration
16:04
Belgium to deliver 105mm artillery shells to Ukraine
Belgium will supply Ukraine with 105mm artillery shells worth 32.4 million euros, a spokesman for Belgium's Defense Ministry said on Friday. The ammunition will be purchased from the Belgian industry and delivered as soon as possible, according to a statement. With this additional support, Belgium has so far provided 306 million in armaments to Kiev.
Share on Twitter
15:39
Ukraine admits it takes "several days" to the offensive in Bakhmut
The Ukrainian army has been "several days" taking advantage of the rotations of Russian troops that control almost the entire city of Bajmut (east) to carry out counterattacks that allowed it to advance up to 1.2 kilometers in some directions, a Ukrainian commander said Friday.
"Taking advantage of the fact that the enemy is making rotations and that the new units that enter do not know the area well, we have coordinated to attack and have carried out assaults for several days," said the spokesman of the Ukrainian eastern command, Serhiy Cherevaty.
The Ukrainian military representative puts the number of Russian casualties in the last 120 hours at 163 dead, 11 wounded and 24 captured, during which Ukraine would also have destroyed Russian weapons, ammunition and military systems.
Share on Twitter
15:17
Russia to leave Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces on November 7
Russia announced on Friday that it will definitively abandon on November 7 the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe, considered at the time the cornerstone of the continent's security, since it eliminated in 1990 the quantitative advantage of the Soviet Union in this field. Moscow has informed the signatory countries that such a decision will take effect within 150 days, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement. The law on the denunciation of that treaty, which was signed at the end of May by Russian President Vladimir Putin, entered into force on Friday.
Now, the signatory countries must convene a conference within three weeks, at which Moscow will explain the reasons for its denunciation, including the entry into NATO of many countries that are not signatories to the treaty. "It is evident that under the new conditions the treaty eventually became a vestige of the past. Our adversaries should have no illusions that Russia can return to it," the Russian government statement said.
Share on Twitter
14:55
Explosion detected during destruction of Kakhovka dam, according to Norwegian seismological institute
The Norwegian seismological institute (Norsar) detected "an explosion" coming from the region of the Ukrainian Kakhovka dam at the time of its destruction on Tuesday, a senior official said on Friday.
This announcement, which does not attribute origin to the explosion, supports the idea that the hydroelectric dam located in an area under Russian control did not give way due to the damage suffered during the bombings of the previous months.
Share on Twitter
14:41
Russia quotes Japanese ambassador over Tokyo's decision to supply war equipment to Kiev
The Russian Foreign Ministry today summoned Japanese Ambassador Toyohisa Kozuki over Tokyo's decision to supply war equipment to Ukraine.
"The Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia summoned Japanese Ambassador Toyohisa Kozuki to lodge a protest regarding the decision of the Japanese government on the start of supplies of military equipment (armored vehicles, SUVs for self-defense) to Ukraine," Russian diplomacy reported.
The Foreign Ministry said that "this step leads to the escalation of military actions and an increase in the number of victims of the Kiev regime."
Share on Twitter
14:26
Iceland to close its embassy in Russia, first country to do so since invasion of Ukraine
Iceland announced on Friday the temporary closure of its embassy in Moscow from August 1, due to the current "situation" linked to the conflict in Ukraine, becoming the first country to make a decision in this regard.
"The current situation simply does not allow our country's small diplomatic representation to operate in Russia," Icelandic Foreign Minister Thórdís Gylfadóttir said in a statement. This small Nordic nation became the first country to make such a decision since the start of the invasion of Ukraine.
Share on Twitter
14:03
Russian bombing kills two civilians in Zaporizhia
A nurse and a man were killed in the Russian bombing of a hospital in Huliai Pole in Ukraine's Zaporizhia region, a senior Ukrainian official said.
Andriy Yermak, head of the president's office, said on the Telegram messaging app below a photo of a devastated building that two others were wounded in Huliai Pole, a small village near the front in southern Ukraine.
Share on Twitter
13:53
Putin announces deployment of nuclear weapons in Belarus from July 8
Russian President Vladimir Putin announced today the deployment of tactical nuclear weapons on the territory of neighboring Belarus from July 8.
"As you know, on July 7-8 the preparation of the corresponding facilities will be completed and we will immediately begin the deployment on your territory of the corresponding weapons. So everything is going according to plan," Putin said as he met his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko at his summer residence in the Black Sea resort of Sochi.
Share on Twitter
13:33
Russia says it continues to repel Ukrainian attacks in the south
Russia's Defense Ministry reports that it continues to repel Ukrainian attacks in the southern region of Zaporizhia, Russian news agencies reported.
Separately, the Defense Ministry said it had launched a long-range attack on "foreign-made munitions and weapons" overnight.
Share on Twitter
13:10
Russia accuses IAEA of "deliberately" calling situation at Zaporizhia nuclear power plant critical
The company Rosenergoatom, a subsidiary of the Russian company Atomenergoprom, has accused on Friday the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, of "deliberately" calling the situation around the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant critical after being "deliberately deceived" to do so.
"The emotionality and excess of negativity on this issue have never contributed to a constructive approach," said the director of Rosenergoatom, Renat Karchaa, who has insisted that there is "no such danger" as that posed by the agency in question.
Thus, he has asserted that "the personnel of the plant is not in danger" and that the situation "is completely under control", as he indicated in an interview with the well-known Russian journalist Vladimir Solovyov on his YouTube channel.
Share on Twitter
12:51
Ocho muertos por las inundaciones en la zona ocupada por los rusos
Ocho personas han muerto en inundaciones en la parte ocupada por Rusia de la región de Jersón, y el aumento de las aguas podría durar otros 10 días, dijo el viernes la ocupación rusa.
"En total, 22.273 casas en 17 localidades están inundadas. Según las previsiones, el aumento de las aguas puede durar otros 10 días", indicó en Telegram Vladimir Saldo, jefe de la parte ocupada de la región de Jersón, precisando que las inundaciones de peaje "subieron a ocho" muertos.
Compartir en Twitter
12:35
"Todo parece indicar" que Rusia destruyó la presa de Kajovka
El máximo responsable diplomático de la Unión Europea, Josep Borrell, aseguró el viernes que "todo parece indicar" que los rusos destruyeron la represa de Kajovka, hecho del cual Moscú y Kiev se culpan mutuamente.
"La represa no ha sido bombardeada. Ha sido destruida con explosivos instalados dentro de las cámaras donde se encuentran las turbinas. Esta parte está bajo control ruso", dijo Borrell a la televisión pública española TVE.
"Yo evidentemente no estaba allí para saber quién lo ha hecho. Pero todo parece indicar que sí ha sido donde Rusia tiene control, difícilmente puede haber sido alguien más", prosiguió.
Compartir en Twitter
12:12
Cuatro muertos tras las inundaciones en Jersón
El ministro del Interior de Ucrania, Ihor Klymenko, informa que cuatro personas han muerto y 13 están desaparecidas como resultado de las inundaciones en la región sur de Jersón tras la destrucción de la presa Kajovka.
Klymenko dijo en la aplicación de mensajería Telegram que un total de 2.412 personas habían sido evacuadas.
Compartir en Twitter
11:45
La ONU ve "prematuro" considerar la rotura de la presa de Kajovka un crimen de guerra
Las circunstancias de la rotura esta semana de la presa de Kajovka, en el sur de Ucrania, no están "aún del todo aclaradas", por lo que es "prematuro" considerar esta catástrofe un crimen de guerra, afirmó hoy un portavoz de la Oficina de las Naciones Unidas para los Derechos Humanos.
"Aún es pronto para examinar la cuestión de si se ha cometido o no un crimen de guerra", señaló en rueda de prensa el portavoz de la oficina Jeremy Laurence, quien no obstante reiteró el llamamiento de esta agencia a que se lleve a cabo una investigación "independiente e imparcial" de ese desastre en el curso bajo del río Dniéper.
Laurence también pidió a las autoridades rusas que permitan el acceso de las agencias de la ONU y de las organizaciones humanitarias a los territorios ocupados por Rusia en la zona anegada, con el fin de conocer los efectos de la rotura de la presa también en la margen izquierda del río.
Compartir en Twitter
11:20
El "ecocidio ruso" contamina las aguas del Dniéper y amenaza con un brote de ántrax
Tres días después de que una explosión que Kiev atribuye a las fuerzas rusas volara una presa en el territorio que éstas controlan en el sur de Ucrania, las autoridades ucranianas hacen inventario de daños de una catástrofe que ha vertido sustancias tóxicas al río Dniéper y amenaza con provocar un brote de ántrax.
"Debido a la destrucción de la presa", ha declarado el presidente ucraniano, Volodímir Zelenski, "depósitos de combustible, almacenes de sustancias químicas" y "almacenes de fertilizantes" han sido inundados por el agua.
Parte de los productos que se guardaban en estas infraestructuras han acabado vertiéndose en el Dniéper, en el que se encontraba la presa, o depositándose en los vastos terrenos y bosques anegados a ambas orillas de este río que desemboca en el Mar Negro.
Compartir en Twitter
10:57
Rusia investiga un ataque con drones en la ciudad de Voronezh
El Kremlin dijo el viernes que los servicios de inteligencia de Rusia estaban investigando un ataque con aviones no tripulados en la ciudad rusa de Voronezh, del que culpó a Ucrania.
El portavoz del Kremlin, Dmitry Peskov, dijo que los servicios de seguridad estaban trabajando para aclarar los detalles del incidente.
El gobernador regional dijo el viernes que tres personas resultaron levemente heridas cuando un dron golpeó un edificio de apartamentos en la ciudad, a unos 180 kilómetros (110 millas) de la frontera con Ucrania.
Compartir en Twitter
10:40
La Inteligencia ucraniana publica una grabación que probaría el sabotaje ruso en la presa
El Servicio de Seguridad de Ucrania (SBU) hizo hoy pública una grabación de lo que asegura que es una conversación entre dos soldados rusos en la que los participantes dicen tener conocimiento de la presencia de un "grupo de sabajote" ruso que voló la presa de Kajovka "para asustar" a los ucranianos.
"No son ellos (los ucranianos) quienes han atacado. Un grupo de sabotaje nuestro está allí. Querían asustarles con esta presa. No salió según el plan, fue peor de lo que planearon", dice la conversación publicada este viernes por el servicio secreto de Kiev.
En la grabación, los dos soldados también describen las inundaciones, el crecimiento del nivel del agua y la destrucción causada en la zona ocupada por Rusia por el desbordamiento provocado por la destrucción de la presa y de la central hidroeléctrica de la que formaba parte.
Compartir en Twitter
10:26
Kiev dice haber matado a 56 soldados rusos en un ataque a un campo de instrucción en Donetsk
El Estado Mayor de las Fuerzas Armadas ucranianas informaron en su parte militar de hoy de la eliminación, en un ataque contra un campo de entrenamiento de la zona ocupada por Rusia en la provincia de Donetsk del este de Ucrania, de 56 soldados rusos.
"El 6 de junio, un ataque efectivo de las Fuerzas Armadas de Ucrania contra una concentración de combatientes en un campo de entrenamiento resultó en 56 bajas para el enemigo", se lee en el parte. El ejército ucraniano añade que está tratando de establecer el número de heridos en el ataque.
Compartir en Twitter
10:13
Dos heridos al caer un dron sobre un edificio de viviendas en Rusia
Dos personas resultaron heridas este viernes al estrellarse un dron contra un edificio de viviendas en la ciudad de Voronezh, en el sur de Rusia, indicaron las autoridades locales.
"Cayó un dron en la calle Belinsky en Voronezh", escribió el gobernador regional, Alexander Gusev, en Telegram. Según precisó, "dos personas resultaron heridas" en el ataque, a unos 200 km de la frontera con Ucrania.
Compartir en Twitter
9:52
Zelenski informa de intensos combates en Donetsk
El presidente ucraniano, Volodímir Zelenski, informó de los avances logrados en los intensos combates que se libran en la región oriental de Donetsk y, en su habitual discurso nocturno, dio las gracias a las fuerzas armadas.
"Región de Donetsk. Combates muy duros. ¡Pero hay un resultado, y estoy agradecido a todos los que garantizan este resultado! Bajmut, bien hecho. Paso a paso. Gracias a cada uno de nuestros combatientes. Avdiivka, Mariinka, todo el este...", dijo. Afirmó estar en constante comunicación con los mandos militares.
Compartir en Twitter
9:27
El primer ministro de Japón ofrece a Zelenskiy ayuda humanitaria de emergencia
El primer ministro japonés, Fumio Kishida, dijo al presidente ucraniano, Volodimyr Zelensky, que Japón está listo para ofrecer ayuda humanitaria de emergencia tras la explosión de la presa y las inundaciones, dijo el viernes el secretario jefe del gabinete japonés, Hirokazu Matsuno.
La ayuda tendrá un valor de unos 5 millones de dólares y se distribuirá a través de organismos internacionales, agregó.
Compartir en Twitter
8:54
Rusia informa de intensos combates en las regiones de Donetsk y Zaporiyia
El ejército de Rusia informó este viernes de intensos combates en las regiones ucranianas de Donetsk y Zaporiyia, y dijo que más de 21 tanques ucranianos habían sido destruidos en batallas en secciones clave de la línea del frente.
Un portavoz del grupo de fuerzas Vostok de Rusia dijo que 13 tanques ucranianos fueron destruidos en batallas en la región de Zaporiya y ocho en la región de Donetsk. Informó de batallas de artillería, drones e infantería.
Los bloggers militares rusos dijeron que hubo intensas batallas en el frente de Zaporiyia, cerca de la ciudad de Orikhiv, mientras Ucrania buscaba perforar las defensas rusas y abrir una brecha entre las fuerzas rusas.
Compartir en Twitter
8:34
Ucrania llevó a cabo operaciones ofensivas en tres sectores del frente
Las fuerzas ucranianas han llevado a cabo operaciones ofensivas con distinto resultado en al menos tres sectores del frente, destaca en su informe diario el estadounidense Instituto para el Estudio de la Guerra (ISW).
Así, el "think tank" (grupo de expertos) destaca que las tropas ucranianas pasaron de defenderse a atacar en el frente de Bajmut, donde lograron avanzar entre 200 metros y casi dos kilómetros en los flancos de la urbe.
El ISW señala que los ucranianos también lograron "avances tácticos" durante unos contraataques localizados y limitados en el oeste de la región de Donetsk desde el 4 de junio.
Compartir en Twitter
8:24
Biden y Sunak prometen mantenerse unidos en Ucrania
President Joe Biden and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Thursday reiterated their commitment to helping Ukraine repel the ongoing Russian invasion, while agreeing to step up cooperation on challenges facing their economies with artificial intelligence, clean energy and critical minerals.
The leaders said the "first-of-its-kind" agreement, what they call the "Atlantic Declaration," will serve as a framework for the two countries in developing emerging technologies, protecting technology that is critical to national security and other economic security.
Share on Twitter
08.02
At least 20 dead by the rupture of the Nova Kakhovka dam
Ukraine has gone on the offensive in the Donetsk and Zaporizhia regions, while seeking international humanitarian aid to respond to the severe flooding caused in the south of the country by the rupture of the Kakhovka dam, which has displaced more than 7,000 people and caused almost 20 deaths, Efe reports.
Ukraine strikes at several points on the front to test Russian defensive lines while launching ambitious reconnaissance operations to identify enemy firing positions, before deciding where to attack to continue regaining territory.
Ukraine is beginning to take stock of the ecological damage caused by the destruction of the Nova Kakhovka dam, which will destroy tens of thousands of hectares of forest and has already killed many animals.
Share on Twitter
07.52
WHO prepares to tackle diseases in flooded areas
The World Health Organization has rushed to send emergency supplies to flood-affected areas of Ukraine and is preparing to respond to a range of health risks, including injuries, drownings and waterborne diseases such as cholera.
Russia and Ukraine have traded blame for the rupture of the Soviet-era Nova Kakhovka hydroelectric dam, which in the early hours of Tuesday sent the waters cascading over Ukraine's southern war zone, forcing tens of thousands of people from their homes.
Share on Twitter
07.43
Zelensky talks to Greta Thunberg to assess the consequences of "Russian ecocide"
Ukrainian President Volodímir Zelenski met last night remotely with Swedish activist Greta Thunberg and other experts and lawyers of the climate cause to assess the consequences of the destruction of the Nova Jakovka dam and seek formulas to prevent the catastrophe from repeating, reports Efe
According to the president of the Ukrainian presidential office, Andriy Yermak, Thunberg expressed her sympathies to Ukrainians in the face of the environmental disaster caused by the destruction of the southern Ukrainian dam and the hydroelectric power plant of which this infrastructure was part.
Thunberg said during the meeting that she "is prepared to put pressure on the competent international organizations" to give a forceful response to the disaster. The young activist also said she hopes to "receive recommendations on how exactly she can help" in this crisis.
In addition to Thunberg, former Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom and former Irish President Mary Robinson, among many other climate activists, participated in the remote meeting with Zelenskiy. A fragment of the conversation can be seen in a video released by Ukraine's presidential office.
Zelenskiy announced the creation of an "international high-level working group" to "consolidate the efforts of the entire world to hold Russia accountable for ecocide in Ukraine."
Share on Twitter
07.22
Ukraine says it shot down four cruise missiles and 10 drones in Russian airstrike
The Ukrainian military shot down four cruise missiles and 10 drones during a Russian airstrike overnight, the air force said in a statement early on Friday.
Russian forces launched 16 drones and six cruise missiles during the attack, and two other cruise missiles hit a civilian object in central Ukraine during an earlier attack Thursday night.
Share on Twitter
07.00
Russia attacks a flooded city after the collapse of the Kakhovka dam
Russian forces attacked a city in southern Ukraine that has been hit by flooding after the collapse of the New Kakhovka dam on Thursday, Ukrainian officials said, prompting the suspension of some rescue efforts hours after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy visited the area to check the damage.
The renewed fighting again raised security concerns in the region, two days after the collapse of the Kakhovka dam on the Dnieper River triggered a rush to evacuate residents from dozens of flooded areas and bring aid to those still there.
Officials on both sides said at least 14 people were killed by flooding, thousands more were left homeless and tens of thousands were without clean water following the dam collapse. Kiev accused Moscow of detonating the dam and its hydroelectric plant, which was under the control of Kremlin forces, while Russia said the attack was the work of Ukraine.
The floods have ruined crops, displaced landmines, caused widespread environmental damage and set the stage for long-term electricity shortages. Exclusive drone footage from The Associated Press showed the ruined dam collapsing over the river and hundreds of homes, greenhouses and even a church submerged.
Share on Twitter
- War Ukraine Russia
- Russia
- Ukraine
- Vladimir Putin
- Volodymyr Zelensky
- NATO
According to the criteria of The Trust Project
Learn more