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 to the Black Sea. “The canal that supplied our water reservoir has also stopped flowing.” The Long Term The waters slowly began to recede Friday, only to reveal a looming environmental catastrophe. Ukrainian Deputy Foreign Minister Andriy Melnyk called the dam’s destruction “the worst environmental catastrophe in Europe since the Chernobyl disaster.” The fish and waterfowl that had come to depend on the reservoir “will lose the majority of their spawning grounds and feeding grounds,” Simonov said.

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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 …

Floodwaters from Russia dam burst rise as Kazakhstan faces biggest natural disaster in 80 years
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Floodwaters from Russia dam burst rise as Kazakhstan faces biggest natural disaster in 80 years

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Floodwaters surged through a pair of Russian cities in the Ural mountains after a dam …

Residents of Russia’s Orenburg forced to evacuate as ‘critical’ flooding causes dam burst
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Residents of Russia’s Orenburg forced to evacuate as ‘critical’ flooding causes dam burst

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. Read our privacy policy Thousands of people living in …

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 …

Flooding turns Odesa’s coastline into ‘garbage dump and animal cemetery’ after dam collapse
1 year, 6 months ago

Flooding turns Odesa’s coastline into ‘garbage dump and animal cemetery’ after dam collapse

CNN  

CNN — Beaches in the southern Ukrainian region of Odesa have been closed off after filthy waters from a collapsed dam washed downstream, posing a “genuine threat” to local residents. The disease control center also warned that ammonia levels in the Dnipro-Buh Estuary “exceeded the maximum permissible concentrations.” Homes are seen underwater in a flooded neighborhood in Kherson, Ukraine, Wednesday, …

Fears of environmental disaster mount after Ukraine dam break
1 year, 6 months ago

Fears of environmental disaster mount after Ukraine dam break

Al Jazeera  

An estimated 700,000 people are in need of clean water around the Nova Kakhovka dam as Kyiv accuses Moscow of ‘ecocide’. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Russia of deliberately blowing up the dam and said the sabotage amounted to a “war crime”, “an act of terrorism” and “brutal ecocide”. “The consequences will be felt not only by the nature reservoirs downstream …

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 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 …

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

Before-and-after satellite images show profound toll of Ukraine dam collapse

Associated Press  

KHERSON, Ukraine — 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 swathe of southern Ukraine. Paired with exclusive drone footage of the Ukrainian dam and surrounding villages occupied by Russia, the before-and-after satellite images illustrate the profound changes wrought by the disaster. Ukraine has warned …

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 …

Deluge from ruptured Ukrainian dam is latest tragedy for Kherson residents since Russian invasion
1 year, 6 months ago

Deluge from ruptured Ukrainian dam is latest tragedy for Kherson residents since Russian invasion

Associated Press  

KHERSON, Ukraine — Yurii, a former Ukrainian soldier, knows all too well about living in his rickety attic: It was here, during Russia’s eight-month occupation of the southern city of Kherson, that he hid to avoid capture by the invaders. Like many other determined and defiant Ukrainians, Yurii has faced disaster after disaster since Russian forces swept into Ukraine over …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

China expresses 'serious concern' over Ukraine dam destruction
1 year, 6 months ago

China expresses 'serious concern' over Ukraine dam destruction

The Hindu  

China expressed "serious concern" on June 7 over the destruction of a major Russian-held dam in Ukraine, with Beijing saying it feared the "humanitarian, economic and ecological impacts" of the incident. "We express serious concern over the damage to the dam at the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant," Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said. "We call on all parties to the …

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, …

What We Know About The Nova Kakhovka Dam in Ukraine
1 year, 6 months ago

What We Know About The Nova Kakhovka Dam in Ukraine

The Quint  

The attempt to blame the action on Kyiv is reminiscent of earlier episodes where the Kremlin attempted to construct a narrative about Ukrainian plans to detonate a dirty bomb or accusing Washington of r unning secret biological and chemical weapons laboratories in Ukraine. The destruction of the Nova Kakhovka dam points to a new phase in this war. But the …

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 …

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 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 …

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 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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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