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Added on the 18/12/2022 23:00:12 - Copyright : Euronews EN
People gather at Red Square in central Moscow for a concert dedicated to the first anniversary of the claimed annexation of four Ukrainian regions of Ukraine. Russia claimed to annex Donetsk, Lugansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia in September 2022, but does not fully control any of them. IMAGES
As flooding from the Kakhovka dam hits Ukraine’s southern Kherson region, the country's State Border Guard Service releases images of rooftops and furniture floating in the waters near the port city of Odesa. IMAGES
Equipped with inflatable boats, Ukrainian military and police forces evacuate Kherson residents from the flooded areas of the city, following the collapse of Russian-held Kakhovka dam in the Kherson region. Ukraine is evacuating thousands after the dam's destruction unleashed a torrent of water, inundating two dozen villages and the city of Kherson. Both Moscow and Kyiv blame each other for the incident. IMAGES
Images by the scene of a footbridge collapse in Espoo, close to Finland's Helsinki, leading to some 27 young people being injured. The temporary footbridge situated by a construction site partially collapsed, causing the fall of a group of schoolchildren several metres onto a road, according to rescuers. IMAGES
World Athletics lifts the ban on the Russian track and field federation for state-sponsored doping although its athletes remain barred from competition while Moscow's invasion of Ukraine continues. SOUNDBITE
Mourners gather in the city of Samara, central Russia, to lay flowers in memory of more than 60 Russian soldiers that Russia says were killed in a Ukrainian strike on Russian-controlled territory. The strike, in the occupied city of Makiivka, is the biggest loss of life reported by Moscow so far. IMAGES