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‘Grave consequences’ from devastating Ukraine dam breach: UN

Kherson residents try to flee the rising floodwaters on bikes. Photo: AAP

The breach of Ukraine’s giant Nova Kakhovka dam is possibly the “most significant incident of damage to civilian infrastructure” since Russia invaded its neighbour 15 months ago, a UN boss says.

Tens of thousands of people are at risk from flooding along Ukraine’s Dnipro River, after a deliberate explosion breached a massive dam, with the United Nations aid chief warning of “grave and far-reaching consequences”.

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