"A large dam on the Dnipro River, in southern Ukraine, was destroyed Tuesday, leading to major flooding and putting thousands at risk of another catastrophe along the war’s front lines. On Thursday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited the Kherson region, the area most affected by flooding from the apparent explosion at the Nova Kakhovka dam and hydroelectric power plant. At least 2,000 people have evacuated so far, according to Ukrainian officials, though potentially thousands more remain at-risk in both Ukrainian and Russian-controlled territories. Right now, both Ukraine and Russia are accusing the other of attacking the Nova Kakhovka dam, which is about 20 miles from the strategic city of Kherson. ...”
An area near the Kakhovka dam and its reservoir as seen from a damaged apartment building in Vesele, Ukraine, a village on the Dnipro River in the Kherson region on Thursday.
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