Populated places in Ukraine

Day 470 of the invasion of Ukraine. Summary of key events in the last 24 hours:

Authorities rushed to rescue hundreds of people stranded on rooftops and supply drinking water to areas flooded by a collapsed dam in southern Ukraine on Wednesday, in a growing humanitarian and ecological disaster along a river that forms part of the front line in the 15-month war.

Day 469 of the invasion of Ukraine. Summary of key events in the last 24 hours:

Western officials, as well as Ukraine, accuse Russian forces of building the Kakhovka dam, while official Moscow claims that Ukraine is responsible for it, that is, it is a matter of sabotage. In the meantime, thousands of people have been evacuated, and the stability of the largest nuclear power plant in Europe, Zaporizhzhia, is also under question.

Ukraine was evacuating thousands of people Wednesday after an attack on a major Russian-held dam unleashed a torrent of water, inundating two dozen villages and sparking fears of a humanitarian disaster.

The upper part of the Kakhovo hydroelectric power plant, in the south of Ukraine, was destroyed by shelling, but the dam of the reservoir itself was not destroyed, Vladimir Leontiev, the head of administration of the Novokakhov city district, told RIA Novosti.

Day 468 of the invasion of Ukraine. Summary of key events in the last 24 hours:

The award-winning film "20 Days in Mariupol" made its premiere in Ukraine on June 3, seen for the first time by some of the Ukrainian medics and first responders who were chronicled in the documentary about how Russian forces bombed and blasted their way into the southeastern port city last year.

Athens consistently punches above its weight in matters related to defense and security. As a small power with an aggressive neighbor, Greece must seize every opportunity to synergize its interests with those of its allies and partners. The United Kingdom and the Netherlands spearheaded a fighter jet coalition for Ukraine.

Russia launched a pre-dawn air raid on Ukraine's capital on May 30, killing at least one person and sending Kiev's residents again scrambling into shelters to escape a relentless wave of daylight and nighttime bombardments, while Moscow authorities said the Russian capital was attacked by drones.