Ukraine orders mass evacuations as billions of gallons of water unleashed after major dam blown up amid risk to nuclear plant
Widespread flooding reported after dam collapse in KhersonRussia says Ukrainian attacks beaten backNew Russian air raids on KyivUkraine makes no mention of counteroffensive starting
In an image taken from video released by the Ukrainian Presidential Office, water runs through a breakthrough in the Kakhovka dam in Kakhovka, Ukraine. Photo: AP
Lidia Kelly
Ukraine has accused Russian forces of blowing up a major dam and hydroelectric power station in a part of southern Ukraine that Russia controls, sending water gushing from the breached facility and risking massive flooding.
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