MOSCOW: A vast Soviet-era dam in the Russian controlled part of southern Ukraine was blown on Tuesday (Jun 6), unleashing a flood of water across the war zone, according to both Ukrainian and Russian forces. Both sides blamed the other for destroying the dam. Unverified videos on social media sho
MOSCOW: A vast Soviet-era dam in the Russian controlled part of southern Ukraine was blown on Tuesday , unleashing a flood of water across the war zone, according to both Ukrainian and Russian forces.Unverified videos on social media showed a series of intense explosions around the Kakhovka dam. Other videos showed water surging through the remains of the dam with bystanders expressing their shock, sometimes in strong language.
TASS cited emergency services as saying that some 80 settlements in the area may be affected by the destruction of the Kakhovka dam. It holds an 18 km3 reservoir which also supplies water to the Crimean peninsula, annexed by Russia in 2014, and to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, which is also under Russian control.
"The scale of the destruction, the speed and volumes of water, and the likely areas of inundation are being clarified."
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