Nuclear silo peace sign7/25/2023 The announcement was made on the eve of a major conference in London on the reconstruction of Ukraine. The European Commission chief, Ursula von der Leyen, said it would be made up of loans and grants and would give Ukraine “predictability” and “incentivise other donors to step up too”. Since the outbreak of war it has diverted €30bn cash from other funding streams to respond to the crisis. It took the unusual step of ringfencing potential funds after a review of the bloc’s 2021-27 budget. The European Union is proposing to create a €50bn (£42bn/$54.5bn) financial reserve for the next four years. Our Brussels correspondent, Lisa O’Carroll, reports on the latest financial developments at the EU regarding Ukraine: The companies behind the Telegram and Viber messaging apps were fined by a Moscow court on Tuesday for failing to delete what Russia deems illegal content, Interfax news agency said, including about the war in Ukraine, Reuters reports. Bordus was killed on 11 June in “fierce fighting against Russian invaders”, according to Sport Angels, a Ukrainian website set up with the assistance of the sports committee that brings together NGOs and federations from non-Olympic sports, Reuters reports. The Ukrainian kickboxing champion Maksym Bordus has been killed fighting Russian forces, a website that lists athletes killed in the war said on Tuesday. Speaking alongside China’s premier, Li Qiang, after bilateral talks in the German capital, Scholz also said China should not supply weapons to Russia and that the war in Ukraine should not become a frozen conflict. The German chancellor, Olaf Scholz, said he had called on China to use its influence over Russia more in regards to the war in Ukraine, Reuters reports. This includes 20,000 animals that probably died, including endemic species that were only found in southern Ukraine,” he said. These are the ecosystems that were washed away into the Black Sea. “There are things that we can never restore. Speaking by video link to a meeting of European Union countries’ environment ministers, the Ukrainian environment minister Ruslan Strilets said assessments of the damage was ongoing but the dam collapse was already the largest environmental disaster since Russia’s February 2022 invasion. The collapse of the Russian-held dam on 6 June unleashed flood waters across southern Ukraine and Russian-occupied areas of the Kherson region, killing more than 50 people and destroying homes and farmland. The destruction of the vast Kakhovka hydroelectric dam has caused €1.2bn (£1.02bn) of damage, Ukraine’s environment minister said on Tuesday according to Reuters, warning that mines unearthed by flooding could wash onto other European countries’ shores. The energy ministry said debris from falling drones damaged electricity lines in the Kyiv region and also in the Mykolaiv region in the south, cutting off electricity for hundreds of residents. Several commercial and administrative buildings and some private houses were damaged, it said. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s office said drones attacked the Kyiv region in several waves, with the air alert lasting for more than four hours. Suspilne reports that in Kyiv, non-residential structures and several private houses were damaged by debris, and agricultural property and equipment were damaged in Zaporizhzhia after Russia launched seven S-300 missiles at the Ukraine-controlled portion of the region. Ukraine claims to have shot down 32 of 35 “Shahad” drones launched in an overnight attack mostly directed at Kyiv. The sum comes after a review of the EU’s 2021-27 budget and before an international conference in London this week aimed at raising more funds to rebuild Ukraine from its war with Russia. The president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, has unveiled an aid package for Ukraine worth €50bn (£43bn), Reuters reports. One person has been killed and seven injured while they were clearing mud in the flooded area of Kherson, Ukrainian officials have reported. 18.59 BST Here is a summary of today's news
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