Eight dead from Ukraine dam flooding: Russia

This handout satellite image courtesy of Maxar technologies shows the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Station on June 5, 2023. A Russian-held dam in southern Ukraine was damaged on June 6, with Kyiv and Moscow accusing each other of blowing it up while locals were forced to flee rising waters. (Photo by Satellite image ©2023 Maxar Technologies / AFP)

Agence France-Presse

Russian-installed authorities in the southern Kherson region on Friday reported more casualties from the flood triggered by the destruction of a key dam and said the water could keep rising for more than a week.

“Unfortunately, there are casualties… Their number has grown to eight people,” the Moscow-installed head of the Kherson region, Vladimir Saldo, said on Telegram, adding that the water, which flooded 22,273 homes in 17 settlements, could “keep rising for up to ten days.”

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