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Tens of thousands at risk from flooding after Ukraine dam collapse

About 42,000 people are at risk from flooding in Russian- and Ukrainian-controlled areas along the Dnipro River after a dam collapsed, as the U.N. aid chief warned of "grave and far-reaching consequences".

Reuters

Russia floundering in ‘mud of lies’ over Kakhovka dam destruction, Ukraine tells UN

UN security council meeting discusses disaster as US, UK and French representatives call for an investigation

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war: counteroffensive not yet launched, says senior official; UK ‘cannot yet say Russia responsible for dam destruction’ – as it happened

Secretary of Ukraine’s National Security and Defence Council dismisses claim counteroffensive has begun; up to 42,000 people at risk following destruction of the Nova Kakhovka dam

The Guardian - AU

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Kyiv, Moscow blame each other for burst dam as UN meets

A UN aid chief has told the Security Council "the sheer magnitude" of the Ukraine dam catastrophe will "only become fully realised in the coming days".

The New Daily

Nova Kakhovka dam largely destroyed, flooding extensive - Maxar satellite

Satellite images taken on Tuesday afternoon by Maxar Technologies showed extensive flooding in southern Ukraine with the region's Nova Kahkovka dam and hydroelectric station largely destroyed.

Reuters

Russian forces repeatedly shell ammonia pipeline in Ukraine's Kharkiv region -governor

Russian forces repeatedly fired at an ammonia pipeline in Ukraine's Kharkiv region, a local governor said on Tuesday, a conduit potentially crucial for the extension of a deal allowing the safe export of grains and fertilizers from Black Sea ports.

Reuters

Kherson residents flee under artillery fire after collapsed Kakhovka dam floods homes

Distraught residents of Ukraine's Kherson evacuated their homes under artillery fire on Tuesday after they were flooded by the rupture of a vast dam upstream in a disaster that Kyiv and Moscow have blamed on each other.

Reuters

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Citizens embark on chaotic scramble to escape floodwaters after Ukraine dam breach

Dozens of evacuees on an island in the Dnieper River scurried onto the tops of military trucks to flee rising floodwaters caused by the breach of a dam upstream, as shelling in a war zone separating Ukrainian and Russian forces echoed overhead

The Independent UK

Dam collapse would be new low if Moscow is to blame, says Rishi Sunak

Prime minister made comment en route to Washington where he is having talks with Joe Biden during a two-day visit

The Guardian - UK

Ukrainians protest outside Russian consulate after major dam damaged

Ukrainians demanding Vladimir Putin’s forces leave their homeland decried Russia as a ‘terrorist state’ as they protested in Edinburgh.

The Independent UK

At UN, Ukraine, Russia blame each other for burst dam, US 'not certain'

The United States said on Tuesday it was "not certain" who was to blame for a burst dam in Ukraine, but it would not make sense for Ukraine to have done this to its own people and territory, as Kyiv and Moscow blamed each other for the disaster.

Reuters

Destruction of Ukraine dam a ‘new low’ if Russian forces responsible, Sunak says

Prime Minister said the immediate priority was the humanitarian response to the catastrophe, which has flooded villages and endangered crops.

The Independent UK

Sunak: Destruction of Ukraine dam a ‘new low’ if Russian forces are responsible - old

The Prime Minister said the immediate priority was the humanitarian response to the catastrophe, which has flooded villages and endangered crops.

The Independent UK

Oliver Stone: How he stopped worrying and learned to love nuclear

Film director says risk of nuclear contamination from Ukraine war is less threatening to the planet than fossil fuels.

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‘Monumental catastrophe’: Towns and villages evacuated after Ukraine dam blown up

Thousands of people are being evacuated after the largest dam in Ukraine was blown up, unleashing catastrophic floodwaters downstream.

The Conversation

Kakhovka dam breach: 3 essential reads on what it means for Ukraine's infrastructure, beleaguered nuclear plant and future war plans

A dam that supplies drinking water to thousands of Ukrainians as well as cooling water for reactors at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Station was ruptured on June 6, 2023.

The Independent UK

Thousands face evacuation after destruction of huge Ukraine dam blamed on Russian forces

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky calls attack on dam a ‘war crime’ and the ‘largest manmade environmental disaster in Europe in decades’

Reuters

White House: US cannot conclusively determine cause of Ukrainian dam destruction

The White House on Tuesday said it could not say conclusively what caused the destruction of a massive dam in Ukraine, but was assessing reports that the blast was caused by Russia, which has been occupying the dam since last year.

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The Guardian - UK

‘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

Space

Satellites watch floods ravage Ukraine following dam collapse (photos)

Satellites watched as floodwaters ravaged southern Ukraine following the mysterious collapse of a major dam on Tuesday (June 6).

Irish Mirror

Ransomware gang attack on Aer Lingus may have acquired enough information for identity theft

The attack is reportedly orchestrated by a prolific Russian cyber-crime gang known as Clop - known for extorting industrial organisations with ransomware attacks.

Reuters

Destruction of Kakhovka dam takes Ukraine war into uncharted territory

The breach of a huge dam on the front-line Dnipro river has muddied the picture for a much-awaited Ukrainian counteroffensive against Russian invaders and threatens an environmental disaster for civilians living in the war zone.

The Guardian - UK

Dam breach could be Ukraine’s ‘worst ecological disaster since Chornobyl’

Former minister makes grave warning as scientists wait for water to subside before assessing impact

WEKU

What we know about a large dam's catastrophic breach in Ukraine

The near obliteration of the Kakhovka dam on the Dnipro River has triggered evacuations and raised concern about Europe's largest nuclear power plant, which uses the reservoir to cool its reactors.

The Guardian - UK

Biden ‘knew of Ukrainian plan to attack Nord Stream’ three months before explosion

Washington Post reports that European intelligence service told CIA Ukrainian military was planning attack

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