The Russian President Vladimir Putin told a conference in Sochi on Friday that Ukraine had begun its expected counteroffensive against Russian forces, but without success. Ukraine’s domestic security agency said on Friday it had intercepted a telephone call proving Russian forces blew up the Kakhovka hydroelectric station and dam in Kherson region. The Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy has thanked the US President Joe Biden for his $2.1bn (£1.6bn) security assistance package. In a tweet, Zelenskiy said the contribution is “more important than ever” since the Kakhovka dam collapse. Voronezh regional governor Alexander Gusev has said three people were wounded in an attack on the southern Russian city of Voronezh when a drone hit a residential building.

Source: The Guardian June 09, 2023 07:52 UTC