two russian soldiers and hit an ammunition dump. there s no independent verification of the location or date of the video. russia says it s repelled an attack by six unmanned ukrainian boats on a russian naval ship in the southeastern black sea, where it was patrolling gas pipelines to turkey. there s been no word so far from kyiv. meanwhile, ukraine says the area covered by flooding in the kherson region as a result of the catastrophic breach of the kakhovka dam has almost halved as the water recedes. the authorities in the city have introduced restrictions on the use of waterfrom the nipro river, saying flooding of households and sewage facilities means the water is now highly polluted. our chief presenter yalda hakim is in kyiv for us.
halved as the water recedes. the authorities in the city have introduced restrictions on the use of waterfrom the nipro river, saying flooding of households and sewage facilities means the water is now highly polluted. alexandr tolokonnikov, is head of communications at the kherson regional military administration which manages the city he spoke to the bbc s yalda hakim about the situation and the needs of the population in the region so, let s say there are two types of support that we need and one is support that we need and one is support for the citizens who must ve been be had from everything from bed sheets. in support is needed is equipment and the consequences of this tragedy that happened on the power plant and we will speak about
for those tory divisions which rishi sunak has so far managed to keep a lid on to once again explode into the open. ukraine says the area covered by flooding in the kherson region as a result of the catastrophic breach of the kakhovka dam has almost halved as the water recedes. the authorities in the city have introduced restrictions on the use of waterfrom the dnipro river, saying flooding of households and sewage facilities means the water is now highly polluted. bathing, fishing and drinking water from the river are prohibited. officials said more than 30 settlements are still flooded and almost 4,000 residential buildings remain under water on the right bank of the river. meanwhile, ukraine s president zelensky has confirmed that his country s counter offensive against occupying russian forces is under way. my colleague yalda hakim is in kyiv and joins me now. just talk me through what this counter offensive involves. there
in the kherson region as a result of the catastrophic breach of the kakhovka dam has almost halved as the water recedes. my colleague yalda hakim is in kyiv and joins me now. thank you so much and as you say we are getting more information as that counteroffensive begins. we had president yesterday confirm that the counteroffensive has gotten under way and of course the epicentre of thatis way and of course the epicentre of that is in the east and south of the country. as you say the south continues to remain devastated as a result that damn being breached and the evacuations continue. we did get some reports from the head of the kherson region who said while people are being evacuated from the flooded area they are reporting that three people have been killed as well as several others injured postop in the reports that we have been receiving they have also said that the ukrainian authorities have 21 people who barely made it out of the area live as the security forces with her to get
breach of the kakhovka dam has almost halved as the water recedes. the authorities in the city have introduced restrictions on the use of water from the nipro river, saying flooding of households and sewage facilities means the water is now highly polluted. let s take a look at some other stories in the headlines around the world. residents in the sudanese capital, khartoum, are reporting new exchanges of gun and shellfire following the expiration of a twenty four hour truce. the ceasefire had held better than previous ones, but the army and the rival para military force, the r s f, resumed combat shortly after dawn on sunday. the lull in the fighting had allowed people to try to stock up on essential goods. residents of the french town of annecy have gathered in support of the victims of thursday s knife attack in which six people were injured. four children including a british three year old are said to be recovering well.