Ukraine has accused Russia of destroying a major dam along the Dnipro River.
of destroying a major dam along the Dnipro River, and is urging residents living downstream of the Nova Kakhovka Dam in Kherson to evacuate in the face of catastrophic flooding.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called an emergency meeting to deal with the crisis after the Ukrainian Interior Ministry wrote on Telegram that part of the Kakhovka dam, near Kherson, had been blown up by Russians.social mediaOleksandr Prokudin, the head of the Kherson Regional Military Administration, said in a video posted to Telegram shortly before 7 a.m.
Ukraine and Russia have previously accused each other of targeting the dam with attacks, and last October Zelenskyy predicted that Russia would destroy the dam in order to cause a flood. Authorities, experts and residents have for months expressed concerns about water flows through — and over — the Kakhovka dam.
In February, water levels were so low that many feared a meltdown at the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, whose cooling systems are supplied with water from the Kakhovka reservoir held up by the dam.
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