Martin Griffiths, head of the UN aid service, told the Security Council that the Nova Hakivka dam accident “will have serious and far-reaching consequences for thousands of people in southern Ukraine,” adding that “the scale of the disaster will be smaller.” will be fully implemented only in the coming days.” The water level in the city of Nova Kakhovka began to fall, the Russian occupation administration of the city reported on Wednesday morning.

Highlights of the war in Ukraine, day 469, LIVETEXT:

07:49 Over the past day, Russian troops shelled the Kherson region of Ukraine several times, the governor of the region reported, adding that as a result of the shelling, one person was killed and one was wounded. The shelling concerned the city of Kherson, the governor of the region Oleksandr Prokudin said.

07:12On Tuesday, Zelenskyi said that he received a “serious and solid” offer from the leaders of countries that are ready to supply Kyiv with F-16 fighter jets, and is waiting for final agreements with Ukraine’s allies.

06:39 After Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, information warfare plays an increasingly important role in some former Soviet countries, where there is a gap between the pro-European positions of the population and the pro-Russian positions of the governments.

05:57 Russian forces have repeatedly fired at an ammonia pipeline in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region, the local governor said on Tuesday, a pipeline potentially critical to expanding a deal to allow safe exports of grain and fertilizer from Black Sea ports.

00:55 Hundreds of animals died on Tuesday in the zoo of Novaya Kakhovka due to Russia’s destruction of the dam of the Novokakhovka HPP, the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reported.

00:17Ukrainian troops saw Russian soldiers swept away by stormy waters after the collapse of the Novaya Khakovka dam or fled, an officer of the Armed Forces said.

A brief summary of recent events:

• US intelligence has indications that Russia is behind the destruction of the Nova Khakovka dam in Ukraine. President Joe Biden’s administration is looking for ways to declassify some of the information it has about it.
• The United States learned of Ukraine’s plan to attack the Nord Stream gas pipeline three months before it was damaged by underwater explosions last September, The Washington Post reported Tuesday, citing leaked information published online.
• Finland is expelling nine diplomats from the Russian embassy in Helsinki, accusing them of working on intelligence missions, the Finnish president’s office said on Tuesday.
• The Russian Defense Ministry released a video on Tuesday that it claims shows a Ka-52 helicopter firing on a Leopard-2 tank. But it was not “Leopard-2” and not even a tank.
• According to an updated assessment published by the international financial institution on Tuesday, the World Bank expects a slight recession in the Russian economy this year thanks to the preservation of energy exports.
• Ukraine will build a new power plant on the site of the Kakhovskaya HPP on the Russian-occupied eastern bank of the Dnieper after the liberation of the territory, the head of the state-owned company Ukrhydroenergo said.
• Russian Defense Minister Serhiy Shoigu said that over the past three days, Russian troops have repelled repeated Ukrainian offensives on the front line. Shoigu claims that Russia inflicted huge casualties on Ukrainian forces and that only 71 Russian soldiers were killed in what he called a botched Ukrainian offensive in recent days.
• On Monday, Zelensky thanked his troops for the territory they claim near the devastated eastern city of Bakhmut, mocking Moscow’s “hysterical” reaction to claims it had repelled large-scale attacks.
• The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said on Tuesday there was no immediate risk to nuclear safety at the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, as nuclear experts found a pond that could be used to cool the reactors for several months. detonation of the dam in Nova Kakhovka.
• General Mark Hertling, the former commander of US forces in Europe, offered a heated response on Tuesday after the Novaya Kakhovka dam was blown up, saying it would have serious consequences for the Ukrainian offensive.

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• Tuesday’s events related to Russian aggression were broadcast LIVE on HotNews.ro