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With the dam collapsed, some of the 18-cubic-kilometres (4.3 cubic miles) of water held in the reservoir is now flooding a swathe of southern Ukraine, including areas controlled by Russian forces.
How UK papers reacted to ‘Russia’s blowing up of dam’ 08:45, Matt Mathers. Several UK-based newspapers splashed on the dam disaster in Ukraine, which Kyiv said was caused by a Russia explosion.
A woman walks along a street after floodwaters receded following the collapse of the Nova Kakhovka dam in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict, in the town of Hola Prystan in the Kherson region ...
The dam was under the control of the Russian military, which had seized it in the early days of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. [7] [8] Many experts have concluded that Russian forces likely blew up a segment of the dam to hinder the planned Ukrainian counter-offensive. [9] [10] Russian authorities have denied the accusation.
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The Orsk Dam was built in 2010 and was built for a water level of 5.5 metres (18 ft). At the time of its collapse, torrential rain was recorded in the area, while melting snow helped push water levels in the Ural River to 9.6 metres (31 ft).
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‘No one on the Russian side was able to get away’ as flooding expected to peak today Ukraine-Russia news – live: Putin’s troops ‘swept away’ in flooding from dam collapse, says Kyiv ...