Tim MakHere's what The Counteroffensive is reading today:
Update to the Wagner saga: The Russian Deputy Defense Minister has asked “volunteer formations” to sign contracts with the Ministry of Defence. Prigozhin states his men will not sign.
The counteroffensive continues: latest reports depict small gains made by UA forces. 4 villages were re-captured.
6 days on from the dam explosion, and the ecological threats the floodwaters pose are becoming more and more clear. The mounting loss of grains, fruits, vegetables, and animals is an environmental disaster.
https://apnews.com/article/ukraine-dam-environment-disaster-753d1e03810e6bd2e4a26cf2dd3aa97b
Ukraine's dam collapse is both a fast-moving disaster and a slow-moving ecological catastrophe
Experts say the long-term consequences will be generational. For every flooded home and farm, there are fields upon fields of newly planted grains, fruits and vegetables whose irrigation canals are drying up. Thousands of fish were left gasping on mud flats. Fledging water birds lost their nests and food sources. Countless trees and plants were drowned.
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