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The Latest Breaking News from Kakhovka

Massive flood in Ukraine as Russia accused of destroying dam

Water from the river is used to help cool Europe’s largest nuclear power station

Wales Online

Major Ukraine dam ‘partially destroyed’

KYIV: An attack on a major Russian-held dam in southern Ukraine on Tuesday unleashed a torrent of water that flooded a small city, two dozen villages and sparked the evacuation of 17,000 people.

Bangkok Post

Ukrainian dam collapse ‘no immediate risk’ to Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant

But IAEA says damage to Nova Kakhovka dam raises long-term concerns for power station’s future

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Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 468 of the invasion

Ukraine accuses Russia of blowing up Nova Kakhovka dam; people in parts of Kherson and the surrounding area urged to evacuate

The Guardian - AU

Evacuations begin after a major dam in southern Ukraine is heavily damaged

It was immediately unclear who was responsible for the the damage of the dam and power station on the Dnipro River. The damage risked to flood areas where hundreds of thousands of people live.

WEKU

Ukraine blames Russia for blowing up a major southern dam

The surging water from the Kakhovka dam is likely to cause widespread flooding and poses an additional risk to an already troubled nuclear plant. Russia says Ukraine is to blame.

WEKU

Nuclear disaster fears after major dam in Ukraine explodes with 'catastrophe' imminent

An explosion was reported at the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station with residents of 10 villages and the city of Kherson warned to evacuate amid fears of flooding in Ukraine

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Evacuations ordered as massive Ukraine dam is destroyed

Ukraine says it is evacuating hundreds of people after part of the massive Nova Kakhovka dam was blown up by Russian forces.

The New Daily

Nova Kakhovka dam: everything you need to know about Ukraine’s strategically important reservoir

Ukraine has accused Russia of blowing up the huge dam which provides water to Crimea and the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant

The Guardian - AU

Zelenskiy says dam attack an ‘environmental bomb of mass destruction’ – as it happened

Andriy Yermak tells Guardian dam could not have been destroyed by shelling; US spokesman questioned on dam destruction in White House briefing

The Guardian - AU

Nova Kakhovka dam attack: what do we know so far?

A huge Soviet-era dam on the Dnipro River that separates Russian and Ukrainian forces in southern Ukraine was breached on Tuesday, unleashing floodwaters across the war zone.

Reuters

Ukraine, Russia trade blame for destruction of Nova Kakhovka dam

Authorities are evacuating residents in several areas following the destruction of large Soviet-era dam.

Al Jazeera

Major dam breached in southern Ukraine, unleashing floodwaters

A major Soviet-era dam in the Russian controlled part of southern Ukraine was breached on Tuesday, unleashing floodwaters across the war zone in what both Ukraine and Russia said was an intentional attack by the other's forces.

Reuters

Ukraine blames Russian-occupied dam as village grapples with flooding

As the water lapped against ruined appliances in Ihor Medunov's kitchen, he recalled the dozens of birthdays he has marked in his Ukrainian riverside village, most of which is under several feet of water.

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Ukraine fears nuclear plant could face dangerous water cooling shortage

Ukraine fears its Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station could by late summer face a shortage of water to cool reactors because Russian forces have let water out of a reservoir that supplies the plant.

WEKU

A shrinking reservoir signals Ukraine and Russia are waging a dangerous water war

Russia is using a dam it controls to release water from Ukraine's massive Kakhovka Reservoir. It's one of dozens of cases where the war is limiting access to safe water.

Evening Standard

Volodymyr Zelensky vows to continue Ukraine counter attack after Kherson victory

President Volodymyr Zelensky vowed there will be “many more such greetings” of Ukrainian soldiers liberating Russian-held territory

The Independent UK

After Kherson success, Kyiv vows to keep pushing out Russia

Ukraine’s president has vowed to keep pushing Russian forces out of his country after they withdrew from Kherson, leaving devastation, hunger and booby traps in the southern Ukrainian city

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Al Jazeera

Russian-occupied Kherson loses power after alleged ‘sabotage’

The Russian-installed administration of Kherson blamed the outage on Ukraine, accusing it of attacking the Kakhovka dam.

France 24

Zelensky calls for 'long-term protection' of Ukraine grain corridor

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said Tuesday that the grain shipping corridor to get food out of his country, part of an agreement Russia has suspended, needs reliable, long-term protection. Lawyers in Britain earlier took the first step towards what they said was "groundbreaking" legal action against Russia's shadowy Wagner group…

Reuters

Russia extends evacuation zone in Ukraine's Kherson region

Russian-installed officials in Ukraine's Kherson region said on Monday they would start evacuating citizens from the eastern bank of the Dnipro river, repeating claims rejected by Kyiv that Ukraine could be preparing to attack the Kakhovka dam and flood the region.

The Guardian - UK

Zelenskiy accuses Russia of plotting to blow up Ukrainian dam

President says destruction of Nova Kakhovka dam would mean large-scale disaster for towns and cities

Reuters

Factbox-Is the Kakhovka dam in Ukraine about to be blown?

Russia and Ukraine have accused each other of planning to blow up the Kakhovka hydro-electric dam on the Dnipro River, a step that would unleash a devastating flood across a large area of southern Ukraine.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ukraine Warns Russia Planning to Destroy Hydro Dam

Kyiv accused Russia of planning to destroy a hydroelectric dam in the eastern Kherson region, where Ukrainian soldiers have been steadily advancing and Moscow-installed authorities have begun evacuations. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russian forces had mined the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant with the intent of blowing it up, in…

Zenger

Ukrainian Tanks Neutralize Russian Fighting Vehicles Hiding In Building With Well-Aimed Hits

The footage was obtained from the 'Kakhovka' Operational Group of Troops of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Monday.

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