Ukraine counteroffensive, Edition 2. Date 6-6-23
Hello, my friends!
Here are some of the latest updates.
As a reminder, I will likely send out additional updates this week — maybe even daily. Maybe even twice a day if there’s major breakthroughs or big news.
I will make all of these FREE, so please feel free to share.
Thanks!
Russia and Ukraine news:
It appears as though this is correct. So far at least, Ukraine is currently probing many places on the front lines of Russia.
But even these half-hearted, barely-applied probes are beginning to make some progress.
Here are the very latest maps reflecting that.
Even President Zelensky states that progress is being made around Bakhmut.
But the big news since the last edition is that an important dam in the southern part of Ukraine was blown; likely by Russia. (This damn was in occupied Ukrainian territory; controlled by Russia.)
You can see video of that here:
As one astute observer remembered, Zelensky worried about this more than eight months ago.
It also seems clear the Russians were doing some suspicious things with the water behind the dam in recent weeks.
There is lots of talk online about what this could mean for the cooling of reactors at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, 75 miles to the northeast.
But for the moment, this is not a serious situation. The Washington Post reported:
Rafael Mariano Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, said in a separate statement Tuesday that the dam is “severely damaged,” causing a “significant reduction in the level of the reservoir used to supply cooling water” to the nuclear plant. The water cools the residual heat emitted by the plant’s reactors and diesel generators, he said.
“However, our current assessment is that there is no immediate risk to the safety of the plant,” he added. There are also alternative sources of water, he said, including a large cooling pond next to the site.
But the destruction of the Nova Kakhovka dam will cause serious issues.
It supplies water to much of southern Ukraine, which Russia currently occupies.
And not only does the flooding threaten thousands of lives, it also will seriously affect troop movements.
I’m sure more news on the dam will come out in the coming hours and days.
One final thing to share for this edition.
I’m always amazed at how good the Ukrainians are. But check this out: A moving house. No lie. Go check out the video.
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Stan R. Mitchell
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