Ukraine Dam Catastrophe: Flooding and War Crimes Amid Russia's Aggression

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Ukraine Dam Catastrophe: Flooding and War Crimes Amid Russia's Aggression
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A major dam burst in southern Ukraine has triggered huge floods and sparked a humanitarian disaster, with 30 towns and villages along the Dnipro river flooded and nearly 2,000 homes submerged in the main city of Kherson. Both Ukraine and Russia blame each other for sabotaging the Kakhovka dam. Rising water levels are expected to peak in Kherson late on Wednesday, but officials fear a catastrophic impact on agriculture as the vast Kakhovka reservoir empties into the Black Sea. More than 40,000 people need to leave, and hundreds of thousands are without drinking water.

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