Kakhovka Dam Disaster Reveals Environmental and Political Tensions in Ukraine.

The flooding caused by the destruction of the Kakhovka Dam in southern Ukraine has left at least 13 people dead, 29 missing, and many communities without clean water. The dam collapse has also caused environmental destruction, poisoned water supplies, and depleted groundwater levels upstream. The Ukrainian military has launched a counteroffensive to retake land in the south and east of the country, with battles along a 600-mile front line. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has promised $375 million worth of new military aid to Ukraine. The last reactor still producing energy at Europe's largest nuclear power plant, the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, has been put into a "cold shutdown" as a safety precaution due to the destruction of the nearby dam threatening the facility's water supply.