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Ukraine has accused Russian forces of blowing up the Kakhovka dam, which had been under Russian occupation since the early weeks of Russia's invasion last year.
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Towns submerged, villages evacuated as dam breach floods southern Ukraine
A view shows a flooded area after the Nova Kakhovka dam breached in Kherson, June 10. REUTERS/Oleksandr Klymenko
A local resident reacts as she waits in a line for humanitarian aid after the Nova Kakhovka dam breached, in Kherson, June 11. REUTERS/Oleksandr Klymenko
Local residents wait for a barge to evacuate their cows from the village of Afanasiivka in Mykolaiv region, June 9. REUTERS/Alina Smutko
A boy plays at a playground in a flooded area after the Nova Kakhovka dam breached in Kherson, June 9. REUTERS/Ivan Antypenko
Deminers stand next to the wreckage of an S-300 rocket, which fell a few months ago in the Dnipro river and became visible after water level sharply dropped following the Kakhovka dam destruction in Zaporizhzhia, June 12. REUTERS/Alina Smutko
A local resident looks out of a window of an apartment building in a flooded area after the Nova Kakhovka dam breached in Kherson, June 10. REUTERS/Oleksandr Klymenko
Volunteers sail on boats at a flooded street during evacuation from a flooded area after the Nova Kakhovka dam breached in Kherson, June 10. REUTERS/Oleksandr Klymenko
Local residents evacuate their cows on a barge from the village of Afanasiivka, which was partly flooded after the Nova Kakhovka dam breached in Mykolaiv region, Ukraine, June 9. REUTERS/Alina Smutko
A view shows a dried-up river bank after water level in the Dnipro river sharply dropped following the Kakhovka dam destruction near Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, June 11. REUTERS/Vladyslav Smilianets
A man moors a boat at a flooded street during an evacuation from a flooded area after the Nova Kakhovka dam breached in Kherson, June 9. REUTERS/Vladyslav Musiienko
Local residents react after evacuation from a flooded area after the Nova Kakhovka dam breached in Kherson, Ukraine, June 9. REUTERS/Vladyslav Musiienko
Volunteers evacuate a local resident from a flooded area after the Nova Kakhovka dam breached in Kherson, Ukraine, June 9. REUTERS/Vladyslav Musiienko
A view shows a flooded area after the Nova Kakhovka dam breached in Kherson, June 8. REUTERS/Yan Dobronosov
Members of Russia's emergencies ministry use an inflatable boat in a flooded area during a rescue operation following the collapse of the Nova Kakhovka dam in the town of Hola Prystan in the Kherson region, Russian-controlled Ukraine, June 8.
A man sails in a motor boat with a dog through a flooded residential area following the collapse of the Nova Kakhovka dam in the town of Hola Prystan in the Kherson region, Russian-controlled Ukraine, June 8. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko
Local resident Valentina, who spent two days on the roof of a flooded house, reacts after being evacuated to a non-flooded area following the collapse of the Nova Kakhovka dam in the town of Hola Prystan in the Kherson region, Russian-controlled
Members of Russia's emergencies ministry use an inflatable boat in a flooded area during a rescue operation following the collapse of the Nova Kakhovka dam in the town of Hola Prystan in the Kherson region, Russian-controlled Ukraine, June 8.
People sail on a boat with dogs in a flooded residential area following the collapse of the Nova Kakhovka dam in the town of Hola Prystan in the Kherson region, Russian-controlled Ukraine, June 8. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko
A view shows a flooded residential area following the collapse of the Nova Kakhovka dam in the town of Hola Prystan in the Kherson region, Russian-controlled Ukraine, June 8. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko
Volunteers evacuate local residents from a flooded area after the Nova Kakhovka dam breached in Kherson, June 8. REUTERS/Alina Smutko
Volunteers evacuate local residents from a flooded area after the Nova Kakhovka dam breached in Kherson, June 8. REUTERS/Alina Smutko
A local resident walks along a flooded street during an evacuation from a flooded area after the Nova Kakhovka dam breached in Kherson, June 8. REUTERS/Vladyslav Musiienko
Local residents sail on boats at a flooded street during an evacuation from a flooded area after the Nova Kakhovka dam breached in Kherson, June 8. REUTERS/Vladyslav Musiienko
A view shows a flooded area after the Nova Kakhovka dam breached in Kherson, June 8. REUTERS/Vladyslav Smilianets
A man intending to offer assistance to local residents moves amid a flooded residential area, that is submerged in water following the collapse of the Nova Kakhovka dam in the settlement of Korsunka in the Kherson region, Russian-controlled Ukraine,
A view shows a house submerged in water following the collapse of the Nova Kakhovka dam in the settlement of Korsunka in the Kherson region, Russian-controlled Ukraine, June 7. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko
Volunteers evacuate dogs, previously sedated, from a flooded area after the Nova Kakhovka dam breached in Kherson, June 7. REUTERS/Vladyslav Musiienko
Rescuers evacuate local residents from a flooded area after the Nova Kakhovka dam breached in Kherson, June 7. REUTERS/Vladyslav Musiienko
Dead fish are seen on the drained bottom of the Nova Kakhovka reservoir after the Nova Kakhovka dam breached in the village of Marianske in Dnipropetrovsk region, Ukraine, June 7. REUTERS/Sergiy Chalyi
Rescuers evacuate local residents from a flooded area after the Nova Kakhovka dam breached in Kherson, June 7. REUTERS/Alina Smutko
Local residents walk in a flooded street during an evacuation from a flooded area after the Nova Kakhovka dam breached in Kherson, June 7. REUTERS/Ivan Antypenko
Local residents sail on a boat at a street during an evacuation from a flooded area after the Nova Kakhovka dam breached in Kherson, June 7. REUTERS/Alina Smutko
Volunteers sail on a boat during an evacuation of local residents from a flooded area after the Nova Kakhovka dam breached in Kherson, June 7. REUTERS/Alina Smutko
A view shows a flooded entrance to a sports stadium, that submerged in water following the collapse of the Nova Kakhovka dam in the town of Nova Kakhovka in the Kherson region, Russian-controlled Ukraine, June 7. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko
Police evacuate local residents from a flooded area after the Nova Kakhovka dam breached in Kherson, June 7. REUTERS/Ivan Antypenko
An aerial view shows a flooded area after the Nova Kakhovka dam breached in Kherson, Ukraine, June 10, 2023. REUTERS/Inna Varenytsia
A view shows a flooded area after the Nova Kakhovka dam breached in Kherson, June 7. REUTERS/Vladyslav Smilianets
Oleksandra walks around her house on a flooded street, after the Nova Kakhovka dam breached in Kherson, June 6. REUTERS/Alina Smutko
Local residents carry their personal belongings on a flooded street in Kherson, June 6. REUTERS/Alina Smutko
Local residents carry their personal belongings on a flooded street in Kherson, June 6. REUTERS/Alina Smutko
A local resident walks on a flooded street after the Nova Kakhovka dam breached in Kherson, June 6. REUTERS/Stringer