Russia-Held Ukraine City Flooded After Dam Blown Up; Ecological Damage Feared
Tuesday, 6 June 2023 The fallout could have far-reaching consequences: flooding homes, streets and businesses downstream; depleting water levels upstream that help cool Europe's largest nuclear power plant; and draining supplies of drinking water to the south in Crimea, which Russia illegally annexed.
Two Russian missiles hit the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk on Tuesday. Reports said that at least four people, including a child, were killed, while 42 others were injured. The first missile..
Ukrainian Interior Minister Igor Klymenko says there are now 10 dead in the southern city of Kherson and the region from the breach of a dam that it blames on Russia. Kyiv has accused Moscow of blowing..
In his first comments since the destruction of a strategic Russian-controlled dam in southern Ukraine, Russia President Vladimir Putin blamed Ukraine for the extensive damage and called the actions of..