Britain will pledge more than $3 billion in financial aid to rebuild war-torn Ukraine, as it convenes a conference of donors on Wednesday in London in the shadow of a Ukrainian counteroffensive against Russia.
Russian forces are trying to seize more territory in eastern Ukraine even as they attempt to fend off a counteroffensive launched this month by Kyiv, Ukrainian officials and military experts said on Tuesday, warning of a long fight ahead.
Pollutants and pathogens moving downstream after the destruction of the Kakhovka dam have led to significant pollution in the Dnipro River and the Black Sea, the Ukrainian health authorities say, with the greatest danger of disease in the Odesa region.