Dnipro dam explosion: Nova Kakhovka dam in Kherson damaged by blast
- Update Date：
- Post Date：
Ukraine and Russsia are accusing each other of blowing up a major dam , sparking warnings of severe flooding in Russian controlled territory downstream in the region of Kherson. Water levels have risen by 10 metres in the area. The dam is on the Dnipro river in the Moscow-held region of Kherson. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is holding an emergency cabinet meeting. People are being evacuated from surrounding villages. Ukraine’s military blames Russia for the damage. But Moscow-appointed officials say the dam was hit by Ukrainian shelling. Al Jazeera’s Charles Stratford joins us live from Kyiv, Ukraine and in Moscow, Russia we’ll have Journalist Yulia Shapovalova. – Subscribe to our […]