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Fears of environmental disaster mount after Ukraine dam break

An estimated 700,000 people are in need of clean water around the Nova Kakhovka dam as Kyiv speaks of ‘ecocide’.

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Watch: Ukraine dam collapse consequences debated in EU parliament

Watch as EU lawmakers debate the humanitarian consequences of the destruction of the Nova Kakhovka dam in Ukraine on Tuesday, 13 June.

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‘We can rebuild’: Ukrainian mayor sees opportunity amid dam chaos

Fearing Nova Kakhovka could one day collapse, Andrii Seletskyi began project on local history in 2020. His knowledge now offers hope

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The disastrous bursting of Ukraine’s Nova Kakhovka dam – and the battle that is to come

The evidence suggests Russia destroyed the vast, vital dam. Now the long cleanup for the human, environmental and potentially nuclear catastrophe must begin amid a brutal war

The Guardian - UK

Kyiv reports advances as UK says Russian lines breached in some areas – as it happened

UK Ministry of Defence says Ukraine has ‘likely made good progress’ in some areas but that progress is ‘slower’ in others

The Guardian - AU

Rescuers drop water to stranded boy amid fallout from Ukraine dam bombing

At least 20 people have died since Tuesday’s bombing of the Nova Kakhovka dam, which Kyiv says the Kremlin orchestrated

Daily Mirror

What Ukraine dam breach means for the country's counteroffensive and aid deployment

The humanitarian and ecological challenges caused by the breaching of the Nova Kakhovka dam present massive challenges for Ukraine, as it launches its long-awaited offensive. Mounting operations to assist and evacuate civilians from affected areas will deplete manpower and resources when the conflict is at a critical juncture.

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Satellite images reveal scale of destruction after Nova Kakhovka dam attack

Imagery captures more than 2,500 sq km of area around Nova Kakhovka before and after its collapse

The Independent UK

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 470

As the war enters its 470th day, these are the main developments.

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Nova Kakhovka dam blast: Is Russia trying to freeze the war?

Russia could have blown up the dam in an effort to stall Ukraine’s counteroffensive, experts say.

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Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 469 of the invasion

Zelenskiy calls attack on dam ‘an environmental bomb of mass destruction’, UN aid chief says ‘magnitude of catastrophe’ will only become clear in coming days

The Guardian - AU

Massive destruction after Ukraine dam collapse revealed in new satellite images

Imagery captures more than 2,500 sq km of area around Nova Kakhovka before and after its collapse

The Independent UK

France to send aid to Ukraine for dam disaster, says Macron

France will send aid to Ukraine “within the next few hours”, said President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday following a phone call with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky. A day after the destruction of the Kakhovka dam, rescue teams rushed to evacuate people as floodwaters peaked. Read our live blog to see…

France 24

‘Grave consequences’ from devastating Ukraine dam breach: UN

The breach of Ukraine's Nova Kakhovka dam is possibly the "most significant incident of damage" since the Russian invasion, a UN boss says.

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Tens of thousands at risk from flooding after Ukraine dam collapse

About 42,000 people are at risk from flooding in Russian- and Ukrainian-controlled areas along the Dnipro River after a dam collapsed, as the U.N. aid chief warned of "grave and far-reaching consequences".

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war: counteroffensive not yet launched, says senior official; UK ‘cannot yet say Russia responsible for dam destruction’ – as it happened

Secretary of Ukraine’s National Security and Defence Council dismisses claim counteroffensive has begun; up to 42,000 people at risk following destruction of the Nova Kakhovka dam

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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.

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Ukraine war: what we know about the Nova Kakhovka dam and who gains from its destruction

The destruction of the Nova Kakhovka dam came just as Ukraine’s much-anticipated counter-offensive seemed poised to begin.

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Hundreds flee floods in Ukraine after Nova Kakhovka dam breached

Thousands more to be evacuated after towns flooded following damage to the dam in southern Ukraine, local officials say.

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Towns submerged, villages evacuated as dam breach floods southern Ukraine

Hundreds of people were evacuated from settlements along the southern stretch of Ukraine's Dnipro river on Tuesday after water burst through the breached Nova Kakhovka dam, submerging streets, homes and town squares further downstream.

France 24

Nova Kakhovka dam breach in Ukraine: What we know and why it matters

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.

Al Jazeera

All to know about Ukraine’s Nova Kakhovka dam explosion

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

Reuters

Canal irrigating Crimea getting 'drastically less' water after Ukraine dam blast, says Kremlin

A gaping hole punched in Ukraine's Nova Kakhovka dam that unleashed a wall of floodwater means that the canal which has traditionally met most of Crimea's water needs is receiving drastically less water, the Kremlin warned on Tuesday.

Evening Standard

OPINION - The apocalyptic images of Ukraine’s blown dam show Putin’s desperation

The summer campaign has opened in Ukraine. In a move of desperate vandalism, Russia appears to have ordered the blowing up of the Nova Kakhovka dam on the Dnipro, and widespread flooding could threaten the stability of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear complex. Even so, it is hard to see the fighting…

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: Evacuations under way near Kherson after Nova Kakhovka dam ‘blown up’

About 16,000 people could be affected and water will reach ‘critical level’ in hours, says Kherson governor. Plus, the truth about ‘local’ food in US supermarkets

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