Bodies found floating after Kakhovka dam collapse: Zelenskyy
1 year, 6 months ago

Bodies found floating after Kakhovka dam collapse: Zelenskyy

Al Jazeera  

The Ukrainian president paints a bleak picture of destruction and says Russian forces are shooting at rescuers. Dead bodies are floating in flooded areas after the Nova Kakhovka dam was destroyed, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Speaking to the US-based news site Politico on Wednesday, Zelenskyy also accused Russian forces of shooting at Ukrainian rescuers as they attempted to reach people trapped in affected areas. The Russian-installed mayor of Nova Kakhovka said on Thursday that five people had died, according to the Russian state-owned news agency RIA Novosti. The UN humanitarian agency OCHA said emergency efforts were under way to provide assistance to more than 16,000 people, including water supplies.

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Russia’s explosion of a huge Ukrainian dam had surprising effects
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Russia’s explosion of a huge Ukrainian dam had surprising effects

The Economist  

Europe | Après le déluge Russia’s explosion of a huge Ukrainian dam had surprising effects A year after the blast and flood, Ukrainians disagree over whether to rebuild Kakhovka Your browser does not support this video. 10 km Nuclear power plant Zaporizhia ↙ Kakhovka dam After the dam’s collapse the former lake bed, an area of 1,870 square km, resembled …

Russia blocks UN aid for Kakhovka dam collapse victims
1 year, 6 months ago

Russia blocks UN aid for Kakhovka dam collapse victims

Al Jazeera  

Massive flooding caused by dam breach has contaminated drinking water and led to bans on swimming and eating seafood. The dam was breached on June 6, unleashing a wave of water from the Dnipro River on communities across southern Ukraine including Russian-occupied parts of the Kherson region. “The UN will continue to do all it can to reach all people …

Russia had means, motive and opportunity to destroy Ukraine dam, drone photos and information show
1 year, 6 months ago

Russia had means, motive and opportunity to destroy Ukraine dam, drone photos and information show

Associated Press  

BERISLAV, Ukraine — Russia had the means, motive and opportunity to bring down a Ukrainian dam that collapsed earlier this month while under Russian control, according to exclusive drone photos and information obtained by The Associated Press. “Better for us, because it would have ended very badly for them, attacking there.” In the days leading up to the dam’s destruction …

Russia had means, motive and opportunity to destroy Ukraine dam, drone photos and information show
1 year, 6 months ago

Russia had means, motive and opportunity to destroy Ukraine dam, drone photos and information show

LA Times  

A car on the Kakhovka dam appears to be laden with explosives in a photo taken from drone footage dated May 28, 2023. Russia had the means, motive and opportunity to bring down a Ukrainian dam that collapsed earlier this month while under Russian control, according to exclusive drone photos and information obtained by the Associated Press. Images taken from …

Ukraine’s dam collapse is both a fast-moving disaster and a slow-moving ecological catastrophe
1 year, 6 months ago

Ukraine’s dam collapse is both a fast-moving disaster and a slow-moving ecological catastrophe

Associated Press  

KHERSON, Ukraine — The destruction of the Kakhovka Dam was a fast-moving disaster that is swiftly evolving into a long-term environmental catastrophe affecting drinking water, food supplies and ecosystems reaching into the Black Sea. “All this territory formed its own particular ecosystem, with the reservoir included,” said Kateryna Filiuta, an expert in protected habitats for the Ukraine Nature Conservation Group. …

Ukraine’s dam collapse is both a fast-moving disaster and a slow-moving ecological catastrophe
1 year, 6 months ago

Ukraine’s dam collapse is both a fast-moving disaster and a slow-moving ecological catastrophe

LA Times  

Kherson, Ukraine, remained flooded Saturday. The destruction of the Kakhovka dam is swiftly evolving into a long-term environmental catastrophe, affecting drinking water, food supplies and ecosystems reaching to the Black Sea. The destruction last week of the Kakhovka dam was a fast-moving disaster that is swiftly evolving into a long-term environmental catastrophe affecting drinking water, food supplies and ecosystems reaching …

Ukraine's dam collapse is both fast-moving disaster and slow-moving ecological catastrophe
1 year, 6 months ago

Ukraine's dam collapse is both fast-moving disaster and slow-moving ecological catastrophe

The Hindu  

The destruction of the Kakhovka Dam was a fast-moving disaster that is swiftly evolving into a long-term environmental catastrophe affecting drinking water, food supplies and ecosystems reaching into the Black Sea. “All this territory formed its own particular ecosystem, with the reservoir included,” said Kateryna Filiuta, an expert in protected habitats for the Ukraine Nature Conservation Group. “The canal that …

Ukrainians trapped by Nova Kakhovka dam floods forsaken by Russian occupiers, as fingers point to saboteurs
1 year, 6 months ago

Ukrainians trapped by Nova Kakhovka dam floods forsaken by Russian occupiers, as fingers point to saboteurs

ABC  

There's a tidal mark on Viktoria's trousers and tears in her eyes. "The Russian occupiers don't even make an effort to help these people, they have left them to perish," Denys Shmyhal said in a video message to the UN and Red Cross posted on social media. "We appeal to you to take charge of evacuating people from the territory …

Ukraine War: Deadly shelling in flood-hit region after Zelensky visit
1 year, 6 months ago

Ukraine War: Deadly shelling in flood-hit region after Zelensky visit

Firstpost  

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited the area on Thursday after floods inundated dozens of villages and parts of the regional capital, Kherson. Ukraine and Russia accused each other of shelling rescuers and evacuees in the flood-hit Kherson region as Moscow said its forces fought off a Ukrainian offensive in another part of the front line. US President Joe Biden said …

Russia shells Ukrainian city inundated by dam collapse after Zelenskyy visit
1 year, 6 months ago

Russia shells Ukrainian city inundated by dam collapse after Zelenskyy visit

Associated Press  

KHERSON, Ukraine — Russian forces Thursday shelled a southern Ukrainian city inundated by flooding in a catastrophic dam collapse, Ukrainian officials said, forcing a suspension of some rescue efforts hours after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy went to the area to assess the damage. Upriver from the dam, a supply of water used to cool Europe’s largest nuclear power plant was nearing …

Deadly shelling in flood-hit Ukraine region after Zelensky visit
1 year, 6 months ago

Deadly shelling in flood-hit Ukraine region after Zelensky visit

The Hindu  

Ukraine and Russia accused each other of shelling in the flood-hit Kherson region on Thursday even as rescuers raced to save people stranded after the destruction of a Russian-held dam unleashed a torrent of water. Shortly after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited the southern city of Kherson, Kyiv said a Russian strike there injured eight people. The Dnipro has steadily …

AP Exclusive: Drone footage of collapsed dam shows devastation, no evidence to back Russian claims
1 year, 6 months ago

AP Exclusive: Drone footage of collapsed dam shows devastation, no evidence to back Russian claims

Associated Press  

KHERSON, Ukraine — Exclusive drone footage of the collapsed Ukrainian dam and surrounding villages under Russian occupation showed the ruined structure falling into the flooded river, hundreds of submerged homes, greenhouses, even a church — and no evidence of an attack from above, as Russia alleges. Ukraine has warned since last October that the hydroelectric dam was mined by Russian …

Satellite images reveal scale of destruction after Nova Kakhovka dam attack
1 year, 6 months ago

Satellite images reveal scale of destruction after Nova Kakhovka dam attack

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The critical soviet-era Nova Kakhovka dam, which lies along …

Flooding from dam break strands hundreds and leaves thousands with no drinking water in Ukraine
1 year, 6 months ago

Flooding from dam break strands hundreds and leaves thousands with no drinking water in Ukraine

Associated Press  

KHERSON, Ukraine — Authorities rushed to rescue hundreds of people stranded on rooftops and supply drinking water to areas flooded by a collapsed dam in southern Ukraine on Wednesday, in a growing humanitarian and ecological disaster along a river that forms part of the front line in the 15-month war. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with officials on how to …

Maps and satellite images show Ukraine villages flooded after Nova Kakhovka dam collapses
1 year, 6 months ago

Maps and satellite images show Ukraine villages flooded after Nova Kakhovka dam collapses

ABC  

The water in Ukraine's Nova Kakhovka dam has surged downstream, flooding villages, threatening food and water supplies, and changing Russia's war. The section of the Dnipro River where the dam wall was destroyed has become an important part of the front of Russia's war — a line that stretches for more than 1,000 kilometres. Maxar said imagery of more than …

Here are the key theories on what caused Ukraine’s catastrophic dam collapse
1 year, 6 months ago

Here are the key theories on what caused Ukraine’s catastrophic dam collapse

CNN  

CNN — The collapse of the Nova Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine is one of the biggest industrial and ecological disasters in Europe for decades. Ukraine’s forces have increasingly taken the battle to Russia’s entrenched front lines in the south and east, and Kyiv has accused Russia of blowing up the dam “in panic.” Mykhailo Podolyak, a senior aide to …

Ukraine accuses Russia of shelling rescuers amid dam evacuations
1 year, 6 months ago

Ukraine accuses Russia of shelling rescuers amid dam evacuations

Al Jazeera  

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has accused Russian forces of shelling Ukrainian emergency workers who are trying to rescue people from floodwaters caused by the destruction of the Nova Kakhovka dam. “Our military and special services are rescuing people as much as it is possible, despite the shelling.” Zelenskky described conditions in Russian-occupied parts of the Kherson region as “absolutely catastrophic” …

Russia-Ukraine war: Satellite images show damage to critical dam in southern Ukraine
1 year, 6 months ago

Russia-Ukraine war: Satellite images show damage to critical dam in southern Ukraine

India Today  

Satellite images provided by Maxar Technologies and Planet Labs show critical infrastructures, port facilities and industrial areas in the southern city of Kherson before and after they were flooded on Tuesday. Maxar has captured satellite images covering more than 2,500 km square between Nova Kakhovka and the Dniprovska Gulf southwest of Kherson city on the Black Sea, illustrating numerous towns …

Russians shooting at rescuers in flooded areas following dam collapse, Zelensky says
1 year, 6 months ago

Russians shooting at rescuers in flooded areas following dam collapse, Zelensky says

CNN  

CNN — Russian forces have been shooting at Ukrainian rescuers trying to reach flooded areas in the Kherson region that are under Russian control, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Wednesday. He said residents in occupied areas of Kherson “have been abandoned by the Russians” and “left to perish” as homes “vanish beneath the water.” A neighborhood of Kherson, Ukraine, remains …

Why blowing up Ukraine’s Nova Kakhovka dam is a war crime
1 year, 6 months ago

Why blowing up Ukraine’s Nova Kakhovka dam is a war crime

Al Jazeera  

International law is clear, but sadly, so is a 500-year-old history of dam explosions as acts of war by all powers, including the West. Ukraine has insisted that Russia exploded the Nova Kakhovka dam earlier this week in a part of southern Ukraine currently occupied by the Kremlin’s forces. This protection includes a prohibition of the use of methods or …

Nova Kakhovka dam disaster aftermath leaves about 600 square kilometres of Ukraine's Kherson underwater
1 year, 6 months ago

Nova Kakhovka dam disaster aftermath leaves about 600 square kilometres of Ukraine's Kherson underwater

ABC  

Russia has shelled Ukraine's Kherson region where about 600 square kilometres is underwater after the destruction of the Nova Kakhovka dam. Key points: Ukraine says 68 per cent of the flooded territory is on the Russian-occupied left bank of the Dnipro River Evacuations are continuing "despite the immense danger and constant Russian shelling" Russian media reports about 14,000 houses have …

Russia shells Ukrainian city inundated by dam collapse after Zelensky visits area
1 year, 6 months ago

Russia shells Ukrainian city inundated by dam collapse after Zelensky visits area

LA Times  

People ride in a boat through a neighborhood in Kherson, Ukraine, that was flooded after a dam was breached. Russian forces Thursday shelled a southern Ukrainian city that was inundated in a catastrophic dam collapse, Ukrainian officials said, forcing a suspension of some rescue work hours after President Volodymyr Zelensky went to the area to assess flood damage. Kyiv accused …

Stunning before-and-after satellite images show toll of Ukraine dam collapse
1 year, 6 months ago

Stunning before-and-after satellite images show toll of Ukraine dam collapse

LA Times  

This combination of satellite photos shows Oleshky, Ukraine, before and after flooding. Before-and-after images of the area downstream from a dam that collapsed Tuesday vividly show the extent of the devastation of a large, flooded section of southern Ukraine. A satellite image shows Kakhovka dam and station in southern Ukraine on June 5, before its collapse. Paired with exclusive drone …

Zelenskyy visits area flooded by destroyed dam as five reported dead in Russian-occupied city
1 year, 6 months ago

Zelenskyy visits area flooded by destroyed dam as five reported dead in Russian-occupied city

India Today  

Five residents of a Russian-occupied city next to a breached dam have died in massive flooding triggered by the catastrophe, its Kremlin-appointed mayor said Thursday, the first official report of deaths from one of the largest environmental crises since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine more than 15 months ago. Vladimir Leontyev, the Russian-appointed mayor of Nova Kakhovka, told Russian state TV …

The Kakhovka dam attack is a war crime the West cannot let go unpunished
1 year, 6 months ago

The Kakhovka dam attack is a war crime the West cannot let go unpunished

The Independent  

During the 16-month conflict in Ukraine, the people in the southern city of Kherson have been invaded by Russia, liberated by Ukraine and must now endure yet another exhausting crisis – flooding after the Nova Kakhovka hydroelectric dam on the Dnipro River was destroyed. The act is surely a war crime because wartime attacks on dams are outlawed by the …

Ukrainian dam breach: What’s happening and what’s at stake
1 year, 6 months ago

Ukrainian dam breach: What’s happening and what’s at stake

Associated Press  

KYIV, Ukraine — The fallout from the breach of a dam in southern Ukraine is wreaking havoc on lives, livelihoods and the environment amid the war. U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said nearly 12,000 bottles of water and 10,000 water purification tablets were distributed to five municipalities in Kherson and in Mykolaiv, where most of evacuees are staying. The office of …

Explained: How destruction of the Nova Kakhovka dam puts more than 40,000 people at risk
1 year, 6 months ago

Explained: How destruction of the Nova Kakhovka dam puts more than 40,000 people at risk

Firstpost  

The destruction of the Soviet-era Nova Kakhovka dam on the Dnipro River in southern Ukraine has put over 42,000 people at risk of flooding. As Ukraine accused Moscow’s forces of committing “ecocide,” the UN Secretary-General warned of “grave and far-reaching consequences.” Both sides blame each other Ukraine and Russia blame each other for the collapse of the massive dam on …

Floodwaters engulf more areas of southern Ukraine after dam breach as hundreds evacuated
1 year, 6 months ago

Floodwaters engulf more areas of southern Ukraine after dam breach as hundreds evacuated

The Hindu  

Floodwaters from a collapsed dam kept rising in southern Ukraine on June 7, forcing hundreds of people to flee their homes in a major emergency operation that brought a dramatic new dimension to the war with Russia, now in its 16th month. Ukraine and Russia accused each other of blowing up a dam and causing widespread flooding in southern Ukraine, …

Ukrainians make desperate escape from floods after dam collapse as shelling echoes overhead
1 year, 6 months ago

Ukrainians make desperate escape from floods after dam collapse as shelling echoes overhead

Associated Press  

KHERSON, Ukraine — As shelling from Russia’s war on Ukraine echoed overhead, dozens of evacuees on an island in the Dnieper River scurried onto the tops of military trucks or into rafts to flee rising floodwaters caused by a dam breach upstream. The scrambled evacuation by boat and military truck from an island neighborhood off the southern Ukrainian city of …

‘It’s a nightmare’: Ukrainians decry the Kakhovka dam blast
1 year, 6 months ago

‘It’s a nightmare’: Ukrainians decry the Kakhovka dam blast

Al Jazeera  

Already at risk of the threat of an escalating war, Ukrainians in the south on either side of the Dnipro river are now facing flooded villages, homelessness and exposure to infections after a huge dam collapse. “If the water rises for another metre, we will lose our house,” said Oleksandr Reva said, who was moving family belongings into the abandoned …

US tells UN it is 'not certain' who is responsible for dam destruction as Ukraine and Russia blame each other
1 year, 6 months ago

US tells UN it is 'not certain' who is responsible for dam destruction as Ukraine and Russia blame each other

ABC  

Floodwaters from a collapsed dam have continued to rise in southern Ukraine, forcing hundreds of people to flee their homes in a major emergency operation that brought a dramatic new dimension to the war with Russia. About 42,000 people were at risk from flooding in Russian and Ukrainian controlled areas along the Dnipro River, said Ukrainian officials, as the United …

Satellite images show Ukraine’s Kakhovka dam after destruction
1 year, 6 months ago

Satellite images show Ukraine’s Kakhovka dam after destruction

Al Jazeera  

On Tuesday, footage captured water gushing from the Nova Kakhovka dam in a Russian-controlled area of southern Ukraine. The dam’s reservoir also supplied water to the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant to cool its six nuclear reactors. The International Atomic Energy Agency chief Rafael Grossi said the plant should have enough water to cool its reactors for “some months” from a …

Ukraine says Nova Kakhovka dam blast will not stop military plans
1 year, 6 months ago

Ukraine says Nova Kakhovka dam blast will not stop military plans

Al Jazeera  

Ukrainian president Zelenskyy called the destruction of the Kakhovka dam an act of ‘mass environmental destruction’ by Russia. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has called the collapse of the Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine an act of “mass environmental destruction” and said the attack on such critical infrastructure would not alter Ukraine’s plans to retake territory from occupying Russian forces. Russian …

Ukraine has endured months of artillery. Now a destroyed dam has sent many residents fleeing
1 year, 6 months ago

Ukraine has endured months of artillery. Now a destroyed dam has sent many residents fleeing

ABC  

On the morning the Nova Kakhovka dam was blown up in southern Ukraine, Hanna Zarudnia woke to both shelling and flooding. They have dealt with the horrors of the Russian occupation, an almost constant shelling since the city's liberation, and now being flooded out of their homes after the Nova Kakhovka dam was blown up. The Kremlin says it had …

Ukraine dam collapse: 42,000 at risk from flooding, several make desperate escape; UN warns of 'grave consequences'
1 year, 6 months ago

Ukraine dam collapse: 42,000 at risk from flooding, several make desperate escape; UN warns of 'grave consequences'

India Today  

Hours after a major dam and hydroelectric power plant in Russian-occupied southern Ukraine suffered a collapse early Tuesday, a mass evacuation process began for around 42,000 people who were at risk from flooding. As Ukraine accused Moscow’s forces of committing an act of “ecocide”, the United Nations aid chief warned of "grave and far-reaching consequences." Ukraine said Russia committed a …

Floodwaters swamp more areas of Ukraine as hundreds flee after dam breach
1 year, 6 months ago

Floodwaters swamp more areas of Ukraine as hundreds flee after dam breach

LA Times  

A woman is evacuated from a flooded neighborhood in Kherson, Ukraine, after the Kakhovka dam upstream was breached. Authorities on Wednesday rushed supplies of drinking water to flooded areas from a collapsed dam in southern Ukraine as officials weighed where they might have to resettle thousands of residents who relied on the breached reservoir on the Dnipro River that forms …

Nova Kakhovka dam blast: Is Russia trying to freeze the war?
1 year, 6 months ago

Nova Kakhovka dam blast: Is Russia trying to freeze the war?

Al Jazeera  

Russia could have blown up the dam in an effort to stall Ukraine’s counteroffensive, experts say. “Unsurprisingly, Ukraine took a time out in the offensive.” ‘A Poem of the Sea’ Seven decades ago, the emergence of the Nova Kakhovka dam and a sea of fresh water behind it was hailed as a “great construction project of Communism”. The dam’s collapse …

Major dam collapses in southern Ukraine, flooding villages as Moscow and Kyiv trade blame
1 year, 6 months ago

Major dam collapses in southern Ukraine, flooding villages as Moscow and Kyiv trade blame

Associated Press  

KHERSON, Ukraine — A major dam in southern Ukraine collapsed Tuesday, flooding villages, endangering crops and threatening drinking water supplies as both sides in the war scrambled to evacuate residents and blamed each other for the destruction. Russian and Ukrainian officials used terms like “ecological disaster” and “terrorist act” to describe the torrent of water gushing through the broken dam …

'Environmental bomb of mass destruction': Ukraine's Zelensky on dam attack
1 year, 6 months ago

'Environmental bomb of mass destruction': Ukraine's Zelensky on dam attack

Hindustan Times  

President Volodymyr Zelensky described the bursting of the Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine on Tuesday as "an environmental bomb of mass destruction" and said only liberating the entire country could guarantee against new "terrorist" acts. Read here: Hundreds of thousands at risk from Ukraine's Kakhovka dam destruction: UN "Such deliberate destruction by the Russian occupiers and other structures of the …

Hundreds of thousands at risk from Ukraine's Kakhovka dam destruction: UN
1 year, 6 months ago

Hundreds of thousands at risk from Ukraine's Kakhovka dam destruction: UN

Hindustan Times  

The UN warned Tuesday that the destruction of the Kakhovka dam in Ukraine could spark an environmental disaster and have dire humanitarian consequences for hundreds of thousands of people. Read here: Russian-occupied Ukraine city 'flooded' after Nova Kakhovka dam breach An attack on the major Russian-held dam in southern Ukraine unleashed a torrent of water that flooded a small city, …

What is the Kakhovka dam in Ukraine ‘blown up’ by Russia? How could this hurt both sides?
1 year, 6 months ago

What is the Kakhovka dam in Ukraine ‘blown up’ by Russia? How could this hurt both sides?

Firstpost  

Ukraine has accused Russian forces of blowing up the 3.3-kilometre Kakhovka dam captured at the beginning of the war. Damage to the dam has put thousands of lives in peril, could affect water supply to Crimea, cause a nuclear and environmental disaster and halt Kyiv’s counteroffensive A major dam in southern Ukraine has crumbled – raising fears of a nuclear …

Ukraine accuses Russia of destroying major dam near Kherson, warns of widespread flooding
1 year, 6 months ago

Ukraine accuses Russia of destroying major dam near Kherson, warns of widespread flooding

The Hindu  

The wall of a major dam in a part of southern Ukraine that Moscow controls collapsed on June 6 after a reported explosion, sending water gushing downriver and prompting dire warnings of ecological damage as officials from both sides in the war ordered residents to evacuate. Ukraine and Russia accused each other of blowing up a dam and causing widespread …

Nova Kakhovka dam in Ukraine's Kherson region destroyed, settlements being evacuated
1 year, 6 months ago

Nova Kakhovka dam in Ukraine's Kherson region destroyed, settlements being evacuated

ABC  

A torrent of water has burst through a massive dam on the Dnipro River that separates Russian and Ukrainian forces in southern Ukraine, flooding a swathe of the war zone and forcing villagers to flee. Key points: The Nova Kakhovka dam holds about 18 billion litres of water, and supplies Crimea as well as the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant Settlements near …

Major dam collapse in southern Ukraine floods villages as Moscow and Kyiv trade blame
1 year, 6 months ago

Major dam collapse in southern Ukraine floods villages as Moscow and Kyiv trade blame

LA Times  

A major dam in southern Ukraine collapsed Tuesday, flooding villages, endangering crops in the country’s breadbasket and threatening drinking water supplies as both sides in the war scrambled to evacuate residents and blamed each other for the destruction. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called it “the largest man-made environmental disaster in Europe in decades.” U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called it “another …

All to know about Ukraine’s Nova Kakhovka dam explosion
1 year, 6 months ago

All to know about Ukraine’s Nova Kakhovka dam explosion

Al Jazeera  

Widespread flooding is expected across swaths of southeastern Ukraine after a large dam was destroyed. Ukraine’s state nuclear power agency, Energoatom, said although the recent events posed a risk to the plant, the situation was “under control”. The IAEA is aware of reports of damage at #Ukraine’s Kakhovka dam; IAEA experts at #Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant are closely monitoring the …

Hundreds evacuated after Nova Kakhovka dam blast
1 year, 6 months ago

Hundreds evacuated after Nova Kakhovka dam blast

Al Jazeera  

Hundreds of people have been evacuated from settlements along the southern stretch of Ukraine’s Dnipro River after water burst through the breached Nova Kakhovka dam, submerging streets and town squares. The Russian-installed administration of Ukraine’s Kherson region said it was preparing to evacuate three districts – Nova Kakhovka, Golo Pristan and Oleshky. “The water flow in the Dnipro River and …

Ukraine, Russia trade blame for destruction of Nova Kakhovka dam
1 year, 6 months ago

Ukraine, Russia trade blame for destruction of Nova Kakhovka dam

Al Jazeera  

Authorities are evacuating residents in several areas following the destruction of large Soviet-era dam. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused “Russian terrorists” of destroying the dam early on Tuesday and said the outrage “confirms for the whole world that they must be expelled from every corner of Ukrainian land”. The southern command of Ukrainian armed forces said the “scale of the …

Controlling water: A recurring war tactic in Russo-Ukrainian war
2 years, 1 month ago

Controlling water: A recurring war tactic in Russo-Ukrainian war

India Today  

Weaponising basic resources such as water has always had a far-reaching effect in the history of wars ever fought. Right from the conflict’s nascence, the Ukrainian armed forces targeted the Nova Kakhovka-based hydroelectric power plant in July month, which is being alleged to be unintentional, since Kyiv had their eyes instead on the mobile communication system ‘Redut-2US’ parked in the …

Kakhovka dam in Moscow-occupied Ukraine 'damaged' by Kyiv strike: Russian agencies
2 years, 1 month ago

Kakhovka dam in Moscow-occupied Ukraine 'damaged' by Kyiv strike: Russian agencies

The Hindu  

Emergency services in Moscow-occupied Ukraine said Sunday the key Kakhovka dam in the Russian-controlled region of Kherson was "damaged" by a Ukrainian strike, Russian news agencies reported. Air defence units shot down five missiles, one hit a lock of the Kakhovka dam, which was damaged," Russian agencies quoted local emergency services as saying. The main air defense strikes were repelled, …

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