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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 · Jun 6, 2023

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 · Jun 6, 2023

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 · Jun 6, 2023

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 · Jun 6, 2023

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.

Al Jazeera · Jun 6, 2023

‘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 New Daily · Jun 6, 2023

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 Conversation · Jun 6, 2023

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’

The Independent UK · Jun 6, 2023

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.

Reuters · Jun 6, 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