KYIV: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Saturday (Jun 10) that counteroffensive action was underway as Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visited Kyiv and accused Russia over flooding from the breached Kakhovka dam. 'Counteroffensive and defensive actions are taking place in Ukraine: At w
The flooding from the breached dam has forced thousands to flee their homes and sparked fears of humanitarian and environmental disasters.Pledging 10 million Canadian dollars in new funding for flood relief, Trudeau said the dam's destruction was the"direct consequence" of Russia's invasion.
"There is absolutely no doubt in our minds that the destruction of the dam was a direct consequence of Russia's decision to invade a peaceful neighbour," Trudeau said."Russia's war in Ukraine has devastated infrastructure, has destroyed families and taken lives and is causing economic, food, energy shortages around the world. Russia is responsible and will be held to account.
Earlier in the day Trudeau placed flowers by a wall of remembrance displaying the faces of soldiers killed in combat while a military orchestra played.Ukrainian Deputy Defence Minister Oleksandr Polishchuk handed Trudeau a box that he said held shrapnel from a rocket that fell on the Black Sea port city of Odesa.Three people were killed on early Saturday in a fire sparked by debris from shot-down Russian drones in the Odesa region.
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