Russian missiles have badly damaged a historic Orthodox cathedral in the southern Ukrainian port city of Odesa, sparking outrage and prompting President Zelensky to vow retaliation.
The Transfiguration Cathedral is Odesa's largest church building. It was consecrated in 1809, destroyed during the Soviet era in 1936 before being rebuilt when Ukraine became an independent nation.
The cathedral lies in Odesa's city centre, which UNESCO named a World Heritage Site amid the threat of Russia's invasion.
The inside of the cathedral is strewn with debris.
Ukrainian officials said the icon of the patroness of the city had been retrieved from under the rubble.
Odesa is a key cultural centre, and has long links with Russia. It was founded under Catherine the Great and was once Russia's second most important port.
The Russian Ministry of Defence denied targeting the cathedral and said it carried out attacks on where "terrorist acts" were being prepared.
The missile attacks also destroyed other historic buildings, Ukraine's culture ministry said.
This photo shows damage at The House of Scientists.
Satellite imagery provided by Maxar Technologies has shown an overview of the damage on the Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine.
Ukraine accused Russian forces of blowing up the Kakhovka dam and hydroelectric power station on the Dnieper River on June 6, 2023, in an area that Moscow controls, while Russian officials blamed Ukrainian bombardment in the contested area.
It was not possible to verify the claims.
This satellite image shows an overview of the Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine on Monday, June 5, 2023.
This combination satellite image of June 4, 2023, top, and June 6, 2023, shows the Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine, before and after the damage.
Russian and Ukrainian officials used terms like "ecological disaster" and "terrorist act" to describe the torrent of water gushing through the broken dam.
A critical piece of infrastructure, the dam holds back around 18c/kms of water in the Kakhovka Reservoir, according to Reuters news agency.
The 30-metre high, 3.2-kms-long structure is one of six dams along the Dnipro River and supplies water for much of southeastern Ukraine and the Crimean peninsula which was annexed by Russia in 2014.
It also supplies water for the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, which lies upstream and is also under Russian control.
The dam break, which both sides long feared, added a stunning new dimension to Russia's war, now in its 16th month. Ukrainian forces were widely seen to be moving forward with a long-anticipated counteroffensive in patches along more than 1,000kms of front line in the east and south.
Both Russian-controlled and Ukrainian-held lands were at risk.
As homes, streets and businesses flooded, authorities expressed concerns about drinking water supplies and emergency crews evacuated thousands of people from Ukrainian and Russian-controlled areas.
Local resident Tetyana holds her pets, Tsatsa and Chunya, as she stands inside her house that was flooded after the Kakhovka dam blew up overnight, in Kherson,
Authorities, experts and residents have been concerned for months about water flowing through - and over - the Kakhovka dam.
Both sides warned of a looming environmental disaster from polluted waters partly caused by oil leaking from the dam's machinery and farmland deprived of irrigation.
Both Russian and Ukrainian authorities brought in trains and buses to move residents to safety.
About 25,000 people in Russian-controlled areas and 17,000 in Ukrainian-held territory should be evacuated,
Before-and-after satellite imagery below shows the damage done to the hard-hit eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut over the past year.
They were taken in May 2022 and May 2023 and show the complete destruction of parts of the small city.
This satellite image provided by MaxarTechnologies shows a demolished Bakhmut school and smouldering apartment buildings in the city, on May 15, 2023.
In contrast, this satellite image from May 8, 2022, showed the same area, with buildings and trees intact.
This satellite image revealed the demolished university buildings and the radio tower in Bakhmut, Ukraine, Monday, May 15, 2023.
Ukrainian Deputy Defenve Minister Hanna Maliar said Ukraine's forces are holding on to substantial areas around the city against Russian attacks.
The university buildings and the radio tower in Bakhmut were undamaged by the war when a satellite took this image on May 8, 2022.
European leaders promised Volodymyr Zelenskyy an arsenal of missiles, tanks and drones during the Ukrainian president's whirlwind visit to Italy, the Vatican, Germany, France and the UK aimed at turning the tide of the war.
His visit aimed to replenish Ukraine's depleted weapons supplies ahead of a long-anticipated spring offensive aimed at turning the tide of the war.
Security was tight in all the countries that hosted the Ukrainian president during his three-day tour of Europe.
In Germany, police snipers were stationed on rooftops when Zelenskky was awarded the International Charlemagne Prize in Aachen.
The UK pledged hundreds more air defence missiles for Ukraine, as well as attack drones with a range of more than 200kms after Zelenskyy met Britain's Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak at his country retreat Chequers.
The UK has been among the most staunchest supporters of Ukraine and earlier this month sent it long range cruise missiles.
France, where Ukraine's leader met President Emmanuel Macron, said it would supply Ukraine with dozens of light tanks and armoured vehicles, along with unspecified air defence systems.
But Zelenskyy's aim of forming an international "fighter jet coalition" to supply Ukraine with planes has run up against NATO concern about escalating the alliance's role in the war. Ukraine wants US-made F-16s to supplement its Soviet-era jets, but the Biden administration has resisted calls to send them.
(AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)
The flurry of announcements from Europe's capitals was part diplomatic theatre.
Ukraine gets a steady flow of equipment from the West, and some of the weapons announced this week may already have been on the way. Zelenskyy's trip was about securing supplies for the long term, as well as the imminent offensive.(AP Photo/Michael Probst, File)
Zelenskyy began his European tour in Rome, where he received a hearty commitment from Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni — and a more nuanced and less welcome message from Pope Francis.
While Francis has frequently prayed for the "martyred" Ukrainian people, he has also lamented the Russian mothers who have lost their sons. The equivalence, and Francis' reluctance to outright condemn Russia, is part of the Vatican's tradition of neutrality in conflicts.
(Vatican News via AP, File)