Kakhovka Dam

UNESCO will support archaeological research in the areas affected by the destruction of the Kakhovka HPP. The organization will help with monitoring, coordination, and training on recording crimes related to cultural property.

According to the Minister of Ecology of Ukraine, Russia has committed more than 4,700 environmental crimes on the territory of Ukraine worth more than $60 billion, causing massive air and water pollution and leaving 25% of Ukrainian land potentially mined.

The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant is facing a critical shortage of experienced personnel due to the Russian occupation, which seriously jeopardizes its ability to operate safely and respond to emergencies.

A Ukrainian family with two children managed to escape from the russian-occupied town of Hola Prystan in Kherson Oblast to Ukraine-controlled territory to avoid the forced russification of their children's education.

The full-scale Russian invasion has changed the meaning of this event, as the restoration of Ukraine's environment after Russian war crimes may take many years and require significant funds.

Experts of Kyiv Scientific Research Institute of Forensic Expertise continue to conduct research to fully establish the consequences of the environmental disaster caused by the Russian explosion of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant in southern Ukraine, as new circumstances and facts related to the tragedy are constantly emerging.

Natalia Gumenyuk, head of the Joint Coordination Press Center of the Southern Operational Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, denied the accusations of not covering the consequences of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant tragedy, saying that this is an absolute lie, as more than 800 requests were processed within a week after the explosion in accordance with the relevant orders.

The United States delivered 7 powerful transformers to Mykolaiv, which helped provide electricity to more than 400 households after the Russian attacks.

UNESCO has approved an emergency assistance program to monitor and address the environmental damage caused by Russia's destruction of the Kakhovka Dam in Ukraine, mobilizing more than $66 million to restore Ukraine's cultural heritage, education and science affected by Russian aggression.

Following the meeting, Shmyhal instructed to ensure uninterrupted supply of process water to Mykolaiv this year and to immediately start construction of a new water pipeline.

The government allocates more than UAH 5 billion for a water pipeline construction project to overcome the consequences of the destruction of the Kakhovka HPP.

Russian missiles attacked Ukraine's largest hydroelectric power plant, the Dnipro hydroelectric power plant in Zaporizhzhia, causing a fire, but there is no threat of a dam breach.

For the first time since russia destroyed the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant, the water level in the Dnipro River in Zaporizhzhia has almost returned to its "normal" level due to spring flooding that filled small rivers and floodplains in Khortytsia.

Ukrainian farmers plan to increase their vegetable storage capacity to 40,000 tons by building new facilities in 2024.

A new 145-kilometer water pipeline is being built in Dnipropetrovs'k region to provide water to 1. 5 million people and industrial enterprises that were left without water after the destruction of the Kakhovka dam; it is expected to be completed next month.

Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba claims that frozen Russian assets in Western countries could cover a significant portion of the costs of rebuilding and defending Ukraine from Russian invasion.

Rescuers and the Red Cross tested the capabilities of the Bohun snowmobile during the All-Ukrainian training exercise held in Khmelnytsky.

Work on the main water pipeline project began in the first days after the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant was blown up. Currently, water pipelines in Dnipropetrovska oblast are at the final stage of readiness.

The enemy shelling of Kryvyi Rih's infrastructure has left some homes without heat, but emergency crews are working around the clock to restore heating networks.

As of the end of 2023, Ukraine's losses from the war amounted to almost $499 billion, with sectors such as trade and industry, agriculture, energy, and transportation suffering the most.

A World Bank report estimates the total cost of reconstruction and recovery in Ukraine over the next ten years as a result of a full-scale Russian invasion at $486 billion.

The environmental situation in the occupied Crimea is difficult due to the lack of water resources, which the occupiers ruthlessly use for their military bases and enterprises, considering the peninsula only as a military base.

putin gave his first interview to a Western journalist since the start of the full-scale invasion, choosing conspiracy theorist and Trump supporter Tucker Carlson, a former Fox News host.

Over the two years of war, ICU has allocated more than UAH 300 million to help projects in Ukraine and paid more than UAH 330 million in taxes, while Avangard Bank has donated more than UAH 127 million to support Ukraine.