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A resident walks on Sunday in a flooded street after the Kakhovka Dam burst and unleashed floodwaters, in Kherson, Ukraine. Narciso Contreras/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Here's a look ahead and a roundup of key developments from the past week. What to watch Ukraine's counteroffensive to recapture territory from Russian forces is being closely watched. NATO's kicking off a two-week military exercise called Russia is celebrating Russia Day, with President Vladimir Putin saying at a " The White House had to reschedule a meeting with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg at the White House and other planned meetings because President Biden had a root canal. Rafael Mariano Grossi, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, is Officials from Turkey and Sweden are due for talks this week on the Swedish bid to join NATO. NATO member states' defense chiefs will meet in Brussels on Thursday and Friday. A meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Commission is scheduled for Thursday. What happened last week Ukraine launched its much-awaited counteroffensive, hitting different points of Russia's defensive lines with newly NATO-supplied weaponry and Ukraine's Kakhovka Dam burst, flooding areas with homes and farms and leading to major potential environmental and food problems. Russia and Ukraine blame each other for the dam's destruction, while Ukraine's leader called for an international investigation. Seismic Another American was detained in Russia. A court in Moscow accused Michael Tra...

Ukraine war latest: Alleged activist reported to have died in Russian detention centre; Wagner's feud with Kremlin approaching critical date A feud between the Kremlin and the leader of the infamous Wagner mercenary group could reach boiling point as Vladimir Putin and the Russian defence ministry seek control of irregular fighting forces; UN nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi has arrived at the Zaporizhzhia power plant. Ukraine's First Lady Olena Zelenska has called for the "education and safety" of children in the war torn country after sharing a video of pupils dancing in air raid shelters. Children have celebrating their school graduation across the country - a tradition that usually sees them dance the waltz. "Last year pupils danced graduations waltz on the ruins of schools. Now - in shelters," Ms Zelenska wrote. "Our children need education and safety. And it will happen, because truth is o n our side." Residents of Ukraine's capital have been warned that traffic around Kyiv will be restricted tomorrow due to an "event". The Patrol Police of Ukraine told people they will be told when movement can resume. "Tomorrow, June 16, due to the event during the day, traffic on the central streets of Kyiv will be restricted," it said in a Facebook post. "We will inform you further about the resumption of movement. "Dear drivers, we kindly ask you to understand the temporary restrictions and plan your route in advance." It did not give any further details about the event, but...

Ukraine said its forces liberated at least two villages in the east of the country Sunday in the first wave of a long-expected offensive to take back Russian-occupied territory. “We’re seeing the first results of the counteroffensive actions, localized results,” Ukrainian military spokesman Valeriy Shershen said on television. Ukraine’s gains, announced in social media posts and statements by its military, couldn’t be independently verified. Russia’s Defense Ministry called the situation fluid. “Nothing extraordinary is happening,” Vladimir Rogov, a Russian occupation official in the Zaporizhzhia region, said on Telegram.