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☆ I was scared of flying and took a course to help me. Here are 6 things every nervous passenger should know.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-17 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

I took British Airways' Flying with Confidence course to help me overcome my fear of flying. And I know I'm not alone: up to 40% of Americans have a form of aerophobia, otherwise known as the fear of flying. So, in an effort to face my fears head-on, I recently attended British Airways' Flying with Confidence course. But in the same way that pilots always prepare for the worst kind of turbulence, aircraft designers do too. Breathing is keyOne of the main takeaways from the course was how to control my fear of flying through breath control.

Persons: I'm, Steve Allright, Allright, Sophia Ankel Organizations: British Airways, Heathrow Airport, Federal Aviation Administration, Boeing, US Airways, Pilots Locations: London, Hudson

☆ Ukrainian helicopter crew say women flash them as they fly overhead to boost their morale fighting Russia
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-17 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A Ukrainian air force crew told The Sunday Times that women flash them when they fly overhead. The Ukrainian air force is trying to keep morale high as it faces a strong Russian counterpart. He said his crew saves the GPS locations of places where it happens, lighthearted moment in their dangerous and often demoralizing missions against a far superior Russian air force. The Ukrainian air force is struggling against a far better-armed Russia, Maksym said. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told The Wall Street Journal last month that Russian air superiority would exact a heavy toll on Ukrainian soldiers if Western powers did not provide them with reinforcements.

Persons: Maksym, Volodymyr Zelenskyy Organizations: Sunday Times, Service, Times, Wall Locations: Ukrainian, Russian, Wall, Silicon, Russia, Soviet, Ukraine

☆ Ukrainian pilot says its air force is so outclassed by Russia's that it can 'do nothing to them in the air'
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-17 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A Ukrainian pilot described his struggle against much more powerful Russian aviation. The pilot told The Sunday Times about the limited impact that Ukraine's outdated gear can have. "The Russian jets are much better quality than ours," Maksym told The Times. A top British air force general, Chief Marshal of British Air Staff Rich Knighton, told a conference in London last week that Russia's air force "remains largely intact." Citing British intelligence, Knighton said that Russia's air force had retained 96% of its 2,021 fixed-wing aircraft and 90% of its 899 helicopters, with losses of 86 planes and 90 helicopters.

Persons: Maksym, Maksim's, British Air Staff Rich Knighton, Knighton Organizations: Sunday Times, Service, Times, Lada, Ukraine, Senior Ukrainian, Financial Times, British, British Air Staff Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Wall, Silicon, Ukrainian, Bakhmut, Soviet, London

☆ House Republicans want to give themselves $8,000+ pay rises, while furiously opposing other government spending
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-14 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

House Republicans want to give themselves pay rises of at least $8,000, Roll Call reported. The push came after they negotiated cuts to three federal programs for low-income people. Spending plans approved by the Republican-controlled House Appropriations Committee last month include lawmakers getting a 4.6% pay increase in 2024, Roll Call reported, citing the Congressional Research Service. The report comes after GOP leaders negotiated a debt-ceiling agreement with President Joe Biden that curtails federal programs for people on low incomes, imposing new work requirements to get help. "House Republicans are moving to give themselves a raise while taking an ax to education, health, and other essential programs that help grow the economy by growing the middle class."

Persons: Mark Amodei, Amodei, Joe Biden, Angie Craig of, Colin Seeberger, Seeberger Organizations: Service, Republicans, Republican, Congressional Research Service, Senate, GOP, Assistance, Center for American Locations: Wall, Silicon, Nevada, Angie Craig of Minnesota

☆ Zelenskyy said he thinks Ukraine can defeat Russia by next July. His own officials are significantly less optimistic.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-13 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Zelenskyy told reporters Wednesday that he thinks Ukraine can defeat Russia within one year. Few experts predict that Ukraine can achieve victory over Russia quickly, if at all. NATO said in 2008 that Ukraine could join at a future date, but declined its September 2022 request for "fast-track" membership. Earlier in the summit Zelenskyy decried the lack of a defined timeline as "unprecedented and absurd." Experts previously told Insider that negotiations between Russia and Ukraine that could end the war remain a distant prospect.

Persons: Zelenskyy, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Mykhailo Podolyak, Foreign Affairs Dmytro Kuleba, Kuleba, Valery Zaluzhny, Zaluzhny, John E . Herbst, Putin Organizations: Service, NATO, Presidential, Foreign Affairs, Radio Free, Washington Post Locations: Ukraine, Russia, Wall, Silicon, Europe, Washington , DC, Washington, Ukrainian, NATO

☆ MTG has been avoiding the chair of the GOP Freedom Caucus in an attempt not to get kicked out, report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-13 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has been ousted from the GOP Freedom Caucus, a member told NBC. One member told NBC she had been kicked out because of her feuding with other members. "She's not a member of the Freedom Caucus, and she shouldn't be in the future," Buck told NBC. "She has consistently attacked other members of the Freedom Caucus in an irresponsible way, and as a result of that she was kicked out of the Freedom Caucus." And I guess the Freedom Caucus does a good job of talking to you more than [their] members," she told reporters on Tuesday, according to the Hill.

Persons: Marjorie Taylor Greene, MTG, Georgia —, Ken Buck, Greene, Buck, Lauren Boebert, Kevin McCarthy, Scott Perry of, Greene —, haven't, Perry, y'all, McCarthy, Axios Organizations: GOP, Caucus, NBC, Service, NBC News, Freedom Caucus, CNN Locations: Wall, Silicon, Georgia, Ken Buck of Colorado, Colorado, Scott Perry of Pennsylvania

☆ Videos show sea otters stealing surfboards in California as people joke they've joined the 'orca uprising'
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-12 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Sea otters in California are stealing people's surfboards, according to multiple reports. At one point, the sea otter flips the board on its front and then starts tearing it up with its teeth. "Since then, in the past five days now, there's been three more incidents of it," Woodward told KGO. "The otters have joined the war," one person tweeted, while another tweeted: "Sea Otters joining the Orca uprising." "They're actually pretty aggressive animals," San José State University's Moss Landing Marine Laboratories Professor David Ebert told KGO.

Persons: they've, Mark Woodward, Woodward, there's, KTVU, David Ebert Organizations: Service, Twitter, Santa, ABC News, KGO, and Wildlife Service, California Department of Fish, Wildlife, Marine Locations: California, Wall, Silicon, California —, Santa Cruz , California, Santa Cruz, Spain, Portugal, José State

☆ A former Wagner fighter described Prigozhin as a 'cocky idiot' who pitted soldiers against each other for personal gain
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-11 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Some Wagner fighters have condemned Yevgeny Prigozhin for leading the armed revolt against Russia. One fighter, identified only as Roman, told the Moscow Times that Prigozhin is a "cocky idiot." He blamed the mercenary leader for pitting soldiers against each other for personal reasons. "My comrades and I fought for the country, not for some cocky idiot and his personal ambitions," Roman told the Moscow Times, referring to the infighting between Prigozhin and Russian military leaders that preceded the attempted rebellion. Another former Wagner fighter, identified only as Vlad, told the Moscow Times that he signed up for Wagner to "defend his country" and not "out of sympathy for Prigozhin."

Persons: Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, Prigozhin, Roman, Vlad, Sergei Shoigu, Staff Valery Gerasimov Organizations: Russia, Moscow Times, Service, Wagner PMC, Prigozhin, Russian Defence, Russian, Staff Locations: Wall, Silicon, Moscow, Rostov, Belarus, Prigozhin, Bakhmut, Russian, Russia, Ukraine, St . Petersburg

☆ Wizz Air apologizes after a video appears to show a Ukrainian soldier with an amputated leg being kicked off a flight
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-10 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A video appears to show a Ukrainian soldier with an amputated leg being told to get off a Wizzair flight. The soldier complained he could not sit down because of his prosthesis, the video caption said. WizzAir apologized in a statement, saying the passenger was kicked off for safety reasons. Wizz Air has apologized after a video appeared to show a Ukrainian soldier with an amputated leg being kicked off a flight while he was traveling to be reunited with his family. "In this instance, it was a difficult but necessary decision taken with passenger's safety in mind."

Persons: WizzAir Organizations: Morning Locations: Ukrainian, Tel Aviv, Israel, Warsaw, Poland, Ukraine

☆ Video shows a grey whale seeking help from humans to have parasites picked off its head
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-07 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Grey whales in Mexico are approaching tourist boats to get help from humans, The Dodo reported. A video shows a whale-watching captain picking parasites off a whale's head as it spins around. The whale has repeatedly come to the captain to get its head picked, he told The Dodo. It shows a grey whale approaching the small tourist boat as the captain, identified as Paco Jimenez Franco, starts picking whale lice off its head. Speaking about his first one-on-one encounter with the whale, Franco said: "Once I removed the first one, she approached again so that I could continue to do so."

Persons: Grey, —, Paco Jimenez Franco, Franco, Mark Carwardine, Carwardine, orcas, Joshua Zitser Organizations: Service, Facebook, Guardian Locations: Mexico, Ojo, Mexico's Baja, British, Baja California, Portuguese, Strait, Gibraltar

☆ Putin's luxury armored train is fitted with a beauty room, anti-aging machines and a gym, report says. Take a look inside.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-06 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

A report published by the Dossier Center reveals what the inside of Putin's luxury train looks like. It also has a beauty room that includes anti-aging machines, the report said. The other cars are fitted with restaurants, a cinema, and a lavish dining room as well as a Turkish hammam steam room and a beauty room, the report said. The beauty room in Russian President Vladimir Putin's train features anti-aging machines. Karakulov previously told the Dossier Center that the train also has a secret timetable so that it can move around inconspicuously.

Persons: —, Vladimir Putin's, Putin's, Putin, Gleb Karakulov, hasn't, Karakulov Organizations: Service, Dossier Center, CNN, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Westdeutscher Rundfunk, Norddeutscher Rundfunk, Presidential Security Service, Guardian, Federal Guard Service, Russia's, Federal Guard Service's Locations: Turkish, Russia, Kyiv, Novo, inconspicuously

☆ Here's what could happen to the Wagner Group after the armed rebellion against Russia failed
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-02 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The Wagner paramilitary group attempted an armed rebellion in Russia but failed. Around 1,000 Wagner fighters have already decided to go to Belarus, the independent Russian media outlet Meduza reported, citing a source in Russia's Ministry of Defense. Putin admitted earlier this week that from May last year to May 2023, the Russian state paid more than 86 billion rubles ($940 million) to the Wagner Group. De Deus Pereira told Insider that this is where many fighters will return. Lukashenko told reporters earlier this week that he convinced Putin not to "wipe out" the Wagner chief after the failed rebellion, though some experts have disagreed.

Persons: Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, Prigozhin, —, group's, Vladimir Putin, Alexander Lukashenko, Putin, Joana de Deus Pereira, Belarussian, Mikhail Svetlov, De Deus Pereira, Julia Stanyard, Lukashenko Organizations: Service, The Times, Prighozin, Russia's Ministry of Defense, Guardian, Prigozhin, Press, REUTERS Russia's Ministry of Defense, Marshall Fund, Wagner, Royal United Services Institute, Ministry of Defense, Russian, Central African, Global Initiative, Transnational, BBC Locations: Russia, Belarus, Moscow, Eastern Europe, Africa, Prigozhin, British, Russian, Luhansk, Donbas, Krasnodar, North Caucasus, Concord, Europe, Sochi, Libya, Syria, Central African Republic, Mali

☆ People are dunking on JFK's half-assed Harvard admission essay in the wake of the Supreme Court axing affirmative action
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-30 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The Supreme Court ruled to overturn race-based affirmative action on Thursday. After the ruling, many focused on John F. Kennedy's underwhelming 1935 Harvard admission essay. The essay, which was first published by The Washington Post in 2013, reappeared on social media on Thursday after the Supreme Court ruled that affirmative action in college admissions was unconstitutional. Although Kennedy's example was extreme and unlikely to cut muster today, US colleges do explicitly favor applicants whose parents went there, via the legacy system. Commentators — including President Joe Biden — on Thursday noted that the legacy system remained untouched by the court ruling.

Persons: John F, Kennedy's, Kennedy, —, — Rebecca Brenner Graham, SATs, Robert Kennedy, Joe Biden —, Ivy, Sonia Sotomayor Organizations: Harvard, Service, The Washington Post, Ivy League, Arts, Harvard Crimson, Harvard University Locations: America

☆ Ukrainian soldier says several Russian snipers failed to hit him even after he was wounded because 'they kind of sucked'
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-29 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A Ukrainian sniper told 1843 magazine that he almost died in the battle of Mariupol last year. The soldier, whose call sign is Lucky, said he was wounded in a Russian grenade attack. Despite being wounded, Russian snipers were unable to hit him because they "sucked," he said. Injured by a grenade attack one day, Lucky said he had to run past Russian snipers to get help but was not hit because "they kind of sucked." It ended in a victory for Russia, and Lucky told 1843 that he believed almost 30,000 civilians were killed, though the United Nations said at the time it was just over 1,300 people.

Persons: Mariupol, —, Lucky Organizations: Service, Mariupol, Russia, United Nations Locations: Ukrainian, Mariupol, Donetsk

☆ Prigozhin rushed his Wagner mutiny because he knew Putin was on to him, report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-28 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin had to accelerate the timeline of his mutiny, the WSJ reported. Russia's intelligence unit, otherwise known as Federal Security Service (FSB), became aware of Prigozhin's mutiny plans around 48 hours before it took place, which could in part explain its failure, the report said. The feud escalated dramatically several weeks before the failed rebellion when Shoigu announced that Wagner soldiers would have to sign contracts with his ministry. Prigozhin had initially thought that Russian soldiers would turn on their commanders and join the mutiny, The Wall Street Journal said. Western intelligence agencies were also informed about Prigozhin's plans by looking at satellite imagery and electronic communications intercepts, the report said.

Persons: Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, Prigozhin, —, Vladimir Putin, Sergei Shoigu, General Valery Gerasimov, Shoigu, Viktor Zolotov, Putin, Zolotov Organizations: Service, Street, Federal Security Service, Defence, Street Journal, National Guard of Locations: Russian, Rostov, Voronezh, Moscow, Belarus, Ukraine, National Guard of Russia

☆ A top Russian general knew Wagner was planning an uprising, NYT reports, suggesting an even deeper threat to Putin's power
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-28 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A Russian general knew of Wagner was planning a rebellion against Putin, the NYT reported. Sergey Surovikin is a top commander in Russia's military, who led the invasion until he was demoted. Per the NYT, US officials want to know if others in the military considered joining the uprising. US officials are trying to find out whether General Sergey Surovikin — dubbed "General Armageddon" by Russian media — also helped plan the rebellion, according to The Times. Gerasimov and defense minister Sergei Shoigu are wildly unpopular among Russia's military.

Persons: Wagner, Putin, Sergey Surovikin, —, Yevgeny Prigozhin's, Sergey Surovikin —, Vladimir Putin's, Prigozhin, General Staff Valery Gerasimov, Sergei Shoigu, Prigozhin's, Surovikin, Vladimir Putin Organizations: Service, New York Times, The Times, Times, General Staff, Russia's Ministry of Defense Locations: Russian, Moscow, Russia, Belarus, Russia's

☆ How Sergei Shoigu, Putin’s embattled one-time bestie, rose to the top of Russia’s military and survived the Wagner rebellion that called for his head
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-26 | by ( Sophia Ankel | Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

Shoigu was born in 1955 in the remote town of Chadan in Siberia. The Soviet Union was a world power and the Cold War just beginning. A man outside the former central temple for Buddhists of Tuva, near the settlement of Chadan, in Russia's Tuva region. Ilya Naymushin/ReutersThe town is close to the Mongolian border. Shoigu's mother was Russian but born in Ukraine, while his father was Tuvan — an ethnic group that is indigenous to Siberia.

Persons: Shoigu, Ilya Naymushin Organizations: Moscow Locations: Chadan, Siberia, Soviet, Tuva, Russia's Tuva, Mongolian, Russian, Ukraine

☆ Justice Samuel Alito admits taking luxury fishing trip with GOP billionaire who later had at least 10 cases before SCOTUS
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-21 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Justice Samuel Alito defended his relationship with GOP megadonor Paul Singer in a WSJ op-ed. He admitted to taking a fishing trip with Singer in 2018, but said their interactions were "brief." The op-ed was in response to a report that was being written by the investigative journalism outlet ProPublica. It said that luxury fishing lodge charged more than $1,000 a day. In response, Alito wrote the fishing lodge in Alaska was "comfortable but rustic", serving "homestyle fare".

Persons: Samuel Alito, GOP megadonor Paul Singer, Singer, Alito, —, Paul Singer, ProPublica, Alito's Organizations: GOP megadonor, Service, GOP, Singer, Elliott Management Locations: Alaska, Singer's, Argentina, Kobe

☆ Who is winning the war in Ukraine? Experts break down the territorial, psychological, and military gains made by Putin and Zelenskyy.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-19 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Insider spoke to four experts about who they think is currently winning the war in Ukraine. But two experts told Insider this appears to be unattainable. "So territory-wise, I don't think Zelenskyy has budged on his objective of liberating all of the occupied territories," Miron told Insider. Photo by Getty ImagesMilitary victoryIt is difficult to analyze who is currently winning from a military standpoint because a lot of hinges on Ukraine's counteroffensive, all experts told Insider. John E. Herbst, who was the US ambassador to Ukraine from 2003 to 2006, told Insider that he believes that right now, the advantage lies with Ukraine.

Persons: —, Ukraine —, Vladimir Putin, Marina Miron, Volodymyr Zelenskyy's, Miron, David Lewis, Yasuyoshi Chiba, University of Birmingham's Jaroslava Barbieri, " Barbieri, Lewis, John E . Herbst, Bakhmut, Yevgeny Prigozhin, Wagner, Barbieri, Herbst, Putin Organizations: Service, Department of, King's College London, Institute for, Royal United Services Institute, Getty, Kyiv, University of Birmingham's, Getty Images, Washington Post, Ukraine Locations: Ukraine, Russia, Kyiv, Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, Crimea, Sloviansk, AFP, Ukrainian, Irpin, Bakhmut

☆ Ivanka Trump has 'disappeared' from Miami and will stay 'far away from daddy' as he faces indictment, report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-10 | by ( Kieran Corcoran | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Page Six said Ivanka wants to be "far from daddy" after he was hit by another indictment. The outlet — which has a history of breaking exclusive stories about Ivanka Trump — said she "has disappeared" and "will be staying far away from daddy" as the case plays out. Former President Donald Trump and daughter Ivanka Trump on stage in Cleveland, Ohio on July 21, 2016, when she was a core part of his campaign. Insider's Sophia Ankel reported in November that Ivanka Trump's decision to help her father's campaign and then advise his administration cost her friends. A photo from Trump's indictment showing boxes piled high in a bathroom at Mar-a-Lago.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, Ivanka, —, Ivanka Trump, Ivanka Trump —, Jared Kushner, Timothy A, Clary, tanked, Insider's Sophia Ankel, Kel McClanahan Organizations: Department, Service, AFP, Trump, Lago . Department, Justice Locations: Miami, Cleveland , Ohio, Lago, Mar

☆ Man who sat next to a plane passenger accused of opening a door mid-flight says it reminded him of a disaster movie
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-09 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A video captured the moment an Asiana Airlines passenger opened the emergency exit door mid-flight. The man sitting next to the passenger told CNN that he thought he was going to die. A man who sat next to an Asiana Airlines passenger accused of opening a plane door mid-flight last month said it reminded him of a disaster movie. Lee also said that the man sitting next to him "seemed tense" and that both of them were "trembling with fear." Lee told CNN that he feels like he's "been born again" after the incident.

Persons: Lee Yoon, Lee Organizations: Airlines, CNN, Asiana, Airbus, Daegu International Airport, Associated Press, AP Locations: Jeju, Daegu

☆ Air India passengers stranded in Siberia for 2 days were abandoned by the crew, had to sleep on the floor, and were only given bread and rice, relative says
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-08 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

An Air India plane heading to San Francisco had to make an emergency landing in Siberia on Tuesday. A man whose mother was on the flight told Insider that they were left with no information and little food. Air India passengers stranded in a remote Siberian town for two days were abandoned by the crew, had to sleep on the floor, and were only given bread and rice, a relative told Insider. He said he tried to contact Air India multiple times to help his mother who was given no information on the ground. In a letter sent to passengers, Air India apologized for the event and said it will fully refund the fare for the journey as well as provide customers with a travel voucher.

Persons: Satwinder Singh, Singh Organizations: Morning, Air India, Boeing, Air, Twitter Locations: Air India, San Francisco, Siberia, Magadan, Russia, New Dehli

☆ Ranked: The countries with the tallest people in the world
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-07 | by ( Bill Bostock | Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Height varies a lot around the world, but some countries have a significant lead. Medical data from 2019 showed the average height of 25 of the world's tallest countries. But despite their commanding size, their compatriots don't quite make the list of countries with the tallest people on average. Insider used average height data from a medical database run by NCD Risk Factor Collaboration, a project linked to Imperial College London, to compile this list. Scroll down to see the 25 countries which (literally) came out on top.

Persons: —, Sultan Kösen Organizations: Service, NCD, Imperial College London Locations: Europe, Turkey, Sultan

☆ An Air India plane flying to San Francisco was forced to land in a remote town in Siberia after an engine failure
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-07 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

An Air India plane heading to San Francisco was forced to land in Siberia, Russia, on Tuesday. The plane had to make an emergency landing after an engine failure, Air India said. An Air India plane flying to San Francisco was forced to land in a remote town in Siberia after developing engine problems, according to multiple reports. The Boeing 777, carrying 216 passengers and 16 crew, was forced to land in Magadan, Russia, on Tuesday, Air India said in a statement. Air India said the flight from New Delhi is expected to leave for Magadan on Wednesday evening.

Persons: Vedant Patel, Girvaan, hadn't, Scott Kirby, Al Organizations: Air, An, Boeing, US State Department, Associated Press, United Airlines Locations: Air India, San Francisco, Siberia, Russia, An Air India, Magadan, Okhotsk, Moscow, New Delhi, Ukraine, Al Jazeera, Gulf

☆ Video from Ukraine shows an entire house washed away in floods after a crucial dam was destroyed
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-06 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A video shared online shows a house being washed down the Dnipro River. An expert told Insider the dam explosion is a "disaster" and will cause catastrophic flooding. The video, which was first published on Telegram and has since been verified by the BBC, shows the red roof of the large house as it is flushed down the Dnipro River. The house in the video was later identified by BBC reporter Adam Robinson, who shared aerial pictures of it from June 2020. Dr. Stephen Hall, a politics lecturer at the University of Bath, told Insider that the explosion is a "humanitarian disaster" that will have several implications in the weeks to come.

Persons: —, Adam Robinson, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Dmitry Peskov, Al Jazeera, Stephen Hall Organizations: Service, Reuters, The Guardian, BBC, Kremlin, University of Bath, Dnipro Locations: Russian, Kherson, Dnipro, Ukraine, Nova, Russia, Ukrainian

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