US EditionUkraine accuses Russia of destroying major dam near Kherson, warns of widespread flooding
- The Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine collapsed, leading to flooding and endangering crops and drinking water supplies. Both Ukraine and Russia blamed each other for the destruction, with conflicting claims and no clear reason for the dam's collapse.
- As a result of the flooding, authorities evacuated thousands of people from Ukrainian and Russian-controlled areas, and both sides brought in trains and buses to move residents to safety.
- The dam break may have resulted from gradual degradation, and both Russian-controlled and Ukrainian-held lands were at risk.
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Collapse of major dam in southern Ukraine triggers emergency as Moscow and Kyiv trade blame
Russian and Ukrainian officials used terms like "ecological disaster" and "terrorist act" to describe the torrent of water gushing through the broken dam and beginning to empty an upstream reservoir that is one of the world's largest.
Collapse of major dam in southern Ukraine triggers emergency as Moscow and Kyiv trade blame
Russian and Ukrainian officials used terms like "ecological disaster" and "terrorist act" to describe the torrent of water gushing through the broken dam and beginning to empty an upstream reservoir that is one of the world's largest.
Collapse of major dam in southern Ukraine triggers emergency as Moscow and Kyiv trade blame
Russian and Ukrainian officials used terms like "ecological disaster" and "terrorist act" to describe the torrent of water gushing through the broken dam and beginning to empty an upstream reservoir that is one of the world's largest.
Citizens embark on chaotic scramble to escape floodwaters after Ukraine dam breach
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 the breach of a dam upstream.
Citizens embark on chaotic scramble to escape floodwaters after Ukraine dam breach
By MSTYSLAV CHERNOV (Associated Press) KHERSON, Ukraine (AP) — 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 the breach of a dam upstream. The unnerving bark of dogs left behind further soured the mood of those ferried to safety. A woman in one raft clutched the head of her despondent daug…
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