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Russia's full-scale war against Ukraine caused the destruction of the Nova Kakhovka Dam and subsequent flooding.

June 6, 2023 Nova Kakhovka, Kherson Oblast

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Kyiv Independent Ukrainska Pravda Kyiv Post Ukrinform

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Nova Kakhovka Dam (location) Russia (organization) Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant (location) Askania-Nova Nature Reserve (location) Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (location) Kakhovka Dam (location) Kakhovka Reservoir (location) Marhanets Mining and Processing Plant (organization) Nyzhnodniprovskyi National Park (location) Russian occupying forces (organization) Ruslan Strilets (person) Russian armed forces (organization) Dnipro River (location) Ukrhydroenergo (organization) Nova Kakhovka hydroelectric power station (location) Nova Kakhovka (location) Vladimir Leontyev (person) Nova Kakhovka zoo (location) Kherson (location) Russian forces (organization) Kakhovka hydroelectric plant (location) Dnieper River (location) North Crimean Canal (location) Crimean Peninsula (location) Black Sea (location) Kherson region (location) Volodymyr Zelenskyy (person) Sergiy Pylypenko (person) Polina Raiko (person) Kakhovka HPP (location) Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources (organization) Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine (organization) Oleksandr Tkachenko (person)

Source Reports

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Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Russia's full-scale war caused the destruction of the Nova Kakhovka Dam and subsequent flooding.

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

The Russians' blowing up of the Kakhovka dam caused the flooding of dozens of settlements, human casualties and an environmental disaster. The Kakhovka Reservoir had gone dry. Entire districts were left without a drinking water supply.

Kyiv Post → Source tone: likely

150 tonnes of engine oil had spilled into the Dnipro river after the attack.

Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

A year ago, the occupiers blew up the dam of the Kakhovka HPP, causing the flooding of the lower Dnipro ecosystems and the destruction of Ukraine's biodiversity.

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