Ukraine claims recapture of seven villages
Ukrainian troops have retaken seven villages spanning 90 square kilometers (35 square miles) from Russian forces in the past week, the deputy defense minister said Monday as the early stages of Kyiv’s counteroffensive notched small successes.
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Vitalii Shpalin, 60, sits on a bed in a hospital in Kherson region, Ukraine, Monday, June 12, after he was shot on Sunday while fleeing on a boat from a flooded village on the left bank of the Dnipro river in Ukraine.RUSSIA DEFENSE MINISTRY PRESS SERVICE VIA AP
In this image made from undated video released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Sunday, June 11, artists of the Ural Brass Band and the Front Brigade of the Song and Dance Ensemble of the Central Military District perform during a concert at the advanced area of the special operation at an undisclosed location.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Emergency teams help rush to safety an evacuee who had came under fire from Russian forces while trying to flee by boat from the Russian-occupied east bank of a flooded Dnieper River to Ukrainian-held Kherson, on the western bank in Kherson, Ukraine, on Sunday, June 11.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Emergency teams help rush to safety injured civilian evacuees who had came under fire from Russian forces while trying to flee by boat from the Russian-occupied east bank of a flooded Dnieper River to Ukrainian-held Kherson, on the western bank in Kherson, Ukraine on Sunday, June 11.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Houses are seen underwater and polluted by oil in a flooded neighbourhood in Kherson, Ukraine, Saturday, June 10. The destruction of the Kakhovka Dam in southern Ukraine is swiftly evolving into long-term environmental catastrophe. It affects drinking water, food supplies and ecosystems reaching into the Black Sea.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Houses and stadium are seen underwater and polluted by oil in the flooded Kherson, Ukraine, Saturday, June 10. The destruction of the Kakhovka Dam in southern Ukraine is swiftly evolving into long-term environmental catastrophe. It affects drinking water, food supplies and ecosystems reaching into the Black Sea.