Washington and its partners are considering additional sanctions if the parties do not observe a ceasefire, with political and technical negotiations between Europe and the U.S. intensifying since last week, Reuters' source said.
The Kyiv Independent’s contributor Ignatius Ivlev-Yorke spent a day with a mobile team from the State Emergency Service in Nikopol in the south of Ukraine as they responded to relentless drone, artillery, and mortar strikes from Russian forces just across the Dnipro River. Nikopol is located across from the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in the city of Enerhodar.
Peter Szijjarto's announcement came after Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) allegedly dismantled a Hungarian military intelligence network operating in Zakarpattia Oblast.
Moscow and Washington discuss the potential resumption of Russian gas supplies to Europe, among other issues related to the peaceful settlement of Russia's war in Ukraine, Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov confirmed to the Russian state-run Interfax news agency.
"This is a historic decision, as weapons for Ukraine will be purchased at the expense of the proceeds from frozen Russian assets through the European Peace Fund," Denys Shmyhal said.
The approval marks a key step in international efforts to hold Moscow accountable for what is considered the gravest violation of international law committed against Ukraine.
Rescue and evacuation services in flooded areas of Kherson Oblast on June 8, 2023. (Photo: State Emergency Service/Telegram)
According to the State Emergency Service, 2,339 people, including 120 children, were evacuated from the flooded areas of Kherson Oblast by June 8, 8:45 local time.
Some 563 people, including 28 children, were saved from immediate danger.
On the right bank of the Dnipro River, the area that is under Ukrainian control, a total of 32 settlements and 3,625 houses were affected by the flood.
About 1,817 people are involved in the liquidation of the consequences.
Earlier on June 8, Kherson Oblast Governor Oleksandr Prokudin said that 600 square kilometers of the oblast had gone underwater, and the average water level had reached 5.61 meters.
Rescue and evacuation services in flooded areas of Kherson Oblast on June 8, 2023. (Photo: State Emergency Service/Telegram)
Rescue and evacuation services in flooded areas of Kherson Oblast on June 8, 2023. (Photo: State Emergency Service/Telegram)
Rescue and evacuation services in flooded areas of Kherson Oblast on June 8, 2023. (Photo: State Emergency Service/Telegram)
Martin Fornusek is a news editor at the Kyiv Independent. He has previously worked as a news content editor at the media company Newsmatics and is a contributor to Euromaidan Press. He was also volunteering as an editor and translator at the Czech-language version of Ukraïner. Martin studied at Masaryk University in Brno, Czechia, holding a bachelor's degree in security studies and history and a master's degree in conflict and democracy studies.
