Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 469

As the war enters its 469th day, these are the most important developments.

This is the state of affairs on Wednesday, June 7, 2023.

To fight

• Ukraine and Russia accused each other of destroying the Nova Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine, while the United States said it could not say “conclusively” what happened.
• Ukraine blamed Russia for the breach, with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy describing it as “an environmental bomb of mass destruction” and a “terrorist” act.
• Russia’s Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, meanwhile, claimed that Ukraine blew up the dam to “re-deploy units from the Kherson region”.
• Thousands of people living downstream from the dam were forced to evacuate as water levels and fears of flooding rose, and Ukraine’s emergency service warned citizens to remain vigilant for mines.
• Ukraine’s nuclear agency said the situation at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant was “under control” after the dam explosion. The plant uses part of the water from the dam for its cooling system.
• United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the dam attack was “another devastating consequence of the Russian invasion of Ukraine”.
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• The UN warned that the rupture in Nova Kakhovka could have serious humanitarian consequences for hundreds of thousands of people on “both sides of the frontline”.
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• Zelensky said the dam’s breach would not affect Ukraine’s counter-offensive and “its ability to relieve its own territory”.
• Russia’s Shoigu said 71 Russian soldiers had been killed in what he called “a failed Ukrainian offensive in recent days”.
• Russia’s defense ministry said its forces had taken full control of Berkhivka, a suburb of the eastern city of Bakhmut, and were pushing back Ukrainian troops.
• Yevgeny Prigozhin, the boss of the Russian mercenary Wagner Group, said Moscow engaged in “wild fantasies” after the country reported it had beaten back a “large-scale” Ukrainian attack, killing dozens of soldiers.
• The Washington Post reported that the US had intelligence of a Ukrainian special forces plan to target the Nord Stream natural gas pipelines between Russia and Germany in the Baltic Sea.

Diplomacy

• Ukraine and Russia faced off at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) – the UN’s highest court – over Moscow’s support of pro-Russian forces accused of “insurgency” against the Ukrainian state and armed violence, including shooting down a flight Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in 2014, killing all 298 people on board.
• Zelensky urged the Vatican to contribute to the implementation of a Ukrainian peace plan after Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, an envoy of Pope Francis, traveled to Kiev for talks.
• NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said Russian President Vladimir Putin’s unprovoked war of aggression against Ukraine “has disrupted peace in Europe”.
• Poland called for “further severe sanctions” against Russia for allegedly blowing up the Nova Kakhovka dam.
• President Sauli Niinistö said Finland would expel nine diplomats from the Russian embassy in Helsinki on charges of working on “intelligence missions”.
• The Russian Foreign Ministry summoned the Belgian ambassador in protest against the use of “Belgian weapons” by pro-Ukrainian armed groups.
• Belarusian tennis star Aryna Sabalenka said she did not approve of her country’s role in the war in Ukraine and was not a supporter of President Alexander Lukashenko.