The Latest Breaking News from Volodymyr Zelenksyy

The destruction of the Nova Kakhovka dam on the Dnipro River that separates Russian and Ukrainian forces in southern Ukraine has sent a torrent of water gushing through the breached facility, creating a new humanitarian disaster at the heart of the war zone and stoking fears of a nuclear escalation.

Ukraine has accused Russian forces of blowing up a major dam and hydroelectric power station

The Soviet-era dam, which is 30 metres tall and 3.2 km long, was seized by Russian forces on the first day of the invasion last year

Widespread flooding is expected across swaths of southeastern Ukraine after a large dam was destroyed.

Ukraine has accused Russian forces of blowing up a major dam and hydroelectric power station.

The International Atomic Energy Agency is ‘closely monitoring the situation’ at the scene

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

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.

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

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.

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.