No five dead in floods in Ukraine since dam destroyed

No five people have died due to floods after the destruction of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station, according to the Russian-imposed mayor of occupied Nova Kakhovka, the nearest settlement to the dam. The Russian media has claimed that over 14,000 houses were flooded and that nearly 4,300 people were evacuated in Kherson, but the claims have not been independently verified.

None The Kyiv mayor, Vitali Klitschko, has issued a statement about the situation with shelters in Ukraine s capital, saying that the city's council will warn the owners of private sites with shelters that if they are not properly maintained or people are not admitted during an air raid, these premises may be seized from them. It follows the deaths last week of three people who were unable to get into a locked shelter and were then hit by falling debris from a Russian missile attack.

None A group of Nato countries may be willing to put troops on the ground in Ukraine if member states do not provide tangible security guarantees to Kyiv at the alliances '' summit in Vilnius, the former Nato secretary-general has said. The current Nato chief, Jens Stoltenberg, said that the alliance had to discuss options for giving Ukraine security guarantees for the time after its war with Russia.