The Latest Breaking News from Nova Kakhovka

Anhelina Kalinina: ‘I was unbreakable mentally because of all these difficulties’

Ukraine’s highest ranked tennis player, Anhelina Kalinina, reflects on the family trauma of living through the war and taking her career to the next level

The Guardian - UK · Jul 1, 2023

UN warns of 'grave consequences' as Ukrainians flee breached dam

About 42,000 people are at risk from flooding in Ukraine after a hydroelectric dam in the Russian-occupied town of Nova Kakhovka was breached in what UN chief Antonio Guterres called a "monumental" catastrophe on a humanitarian, economic and ecological level.

Radio France Internationale · Jun 7, 2023

‘A biblical deluge’: people along Dnipro river wake up to catastrophe

Nova Kakhovka dam effectively ceased to exist on Tuesday morning – and soon the devastation became apparent

The Guardian - UK · Jun 6, 2023

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 · Jun 6, 2023

Ukraine says Russian forces leave southern town; Russia denies it

Russian forces have left the town of Nova Kakhovka in southern Kherson region, the Ukrainian military's General Staff said on Thursday, but a Russian-installed official in the region denied the troops had left.

Reuters · Mar 23, 2023

‘It has been machine guns lately’: fighting intensifies in southern Kherson

Opposing forces now face each other across narrow part of Dnipro River as Kyiv tries to keep Russians on the retreat

The Guardian - UK · Dec 8, 2022

Russian administrators leave second city of Ukraine's Kherson region

Civil servants working for the Russian-installed administration in Nova Kakhovka, the second-largest city in Ukraine's southern Kherson region, have left along with thousands of residents due to fighting, officials said on Tuesday.

Reuters · Nov 15, 2022

Ukraine's Russian-held Nova Kakhovka dam damaged in shelling -Russian media

Ukraine's Russian-held Nova Kakhovka dam was damaged in shelling by Ukrainian forces, Russian news agencies reported on Sunday, citing emergency services.

Reuters · Nov 6, 2022

Ukrainians launch rocket barrage at key Russian-occupied town, RIA reports

Ukrainian forces launched a barrage of rockets at the Russian-occupied town of Nova Kakhovka on Monday, leaving it without water or power, officials at the Russian-appointed local authority told RIA news agency.

Reuters · Aug 29, 2022

In occupied south Ukraine, some fear a return to Soviet times under Russia

In Nova Kakhovka, a city in southern Ukraine occupied by Russian troops five months ago on the first day of its invasion, the signs of creeping annexation by Russia are mounting and some residents fear a return to Soviet times.

Reuters · Jul 21, 2022