A major dam in southern Ukraine was severely damaged in an explosion on Tuesday, raising concerns that dozens of towns downstream are at risk of significant and overwhelming flooding. Both Russian and Ukrainian leaders blamed one another for the attack.
Both Russian and Ukrainian leaders pointed the finger at each other for responsibility for the attack that occurred at the Nova Kakhovka dam on the Dnipro River near Kherson, which separates both countries' troops. Both sides ordered the evacuation of hundreds of civilians in the area, while videos showed water pouring through the breach in the dam.Russia had been in control of the hydroelectric plant since it seized it in February 2022.
Danilov said President Volodymyr Zelensky called an emergency meeting due to the dam's explosion, which could complicate Ukraine's efforts at retaking land in the country's south in its highly anticipated counteroffensive that the president said days ago was ready to begin. Vladimir Leontyev, the Russian-appointed mayor of the city of Nova Kakhovka, said on Russian state TV,"The city is flooded."
The Zaporizhzhia power plant, the largest nuclear power plant in Europe, is further up the Dnipro River, though International Atomic Energy Agency officials said on Tuesday there's"no immediate risk to the safety of the plant" since it is upstream from the dam.
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