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Federica Marsi, Mansur Mirovalev

Fears of environmental disaster mount after Ukraine dam break

At least 28 people are reported to have died and dozens of villages remain flooded due to the collapse of Ukraine's Soviet-era Nova Kakhovka dam [Libkos/AP]

Kyiv, Ukraine – Among displaced communities along the banks of Ukraine’s Dnipro River, bottled water has become the most coveted commodity.

The destruction of the Nova Kakhovka dam on June 6 in the southern region of Kherson unleashed 18 cubic kilometres (4.3 cubic miles) of water that submerged villages and farmland.

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