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UN aid chief: Ukraine faces 'hugely worse' humanitarian situation after dam rupture
The collapse of Ukraine's Kakhovka dam has led to a hugely worse humanitarian situation than before, leaving 700,000 people in need of drinking water and causing flooding that will impact grain exports, food prices and millions of people's access to food.
The UN has reached 30,000 people in flooded areas so far, but has not been granted access to areas controlled by Russian troops. The flooding also poses a threat to important agricultural land and the cooling water supply to Europe's largest nuclear power plant.