Nova Kakhovka is a city in Kakhovka Raion, Kherson Oblast, southern Ukraine. Nova Kakhovka has been under Russian occupation since February 2022. Its estimated population in 2022 was 44,427.
The breach of the Nova Kakhovka dam is most worrying for what it says about the mind of Russian President Vladimir Putin and his generals - and their capacity for dangerous escalation. Sky News - Published
The scale of the destruction wrought by water pouring through the destroyed Nova Kakhovka dam in Ukraine has been revealed in new satellite images. Sky News - Published
The collapse of the Nova Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine will have profound and far-reaching consequences, with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy calling it an "environmental bomb of mass destruction". Sky News - Published
Around 42,000 people are at risk from the destruction of Ukraine's Nova Kakhovka dam as rescue efforts continue to save people trapped by the rising waters, according to Ukrainian officials. Sky News - Published
The torrent of water unleashed by the breaching of the Nova Kakhovka dam has engulfed whole villages, towns, agricultural land and large sections of Kherson city in southern Ukraine. Sky News - Published