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☆ Draining of Ukraine's Kakhovka reservoir offers a reminder of past and present wars
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-12 | by ( Max Hunder | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

On a drizzly morning near the southern city of Zaporizhzhia, a team of divers and underwater demining experts from Ukraine's State Emergency service grappled on Monday with the steering element of a S-300 missile. He said the amount of explosive or dangerous items the unit had been called out to deal with had grown several times since the Kakhovka dam was destroyed last Monday. Ukraine's environment minister said the Kakhovka reservoir, which was the body of water contained by the dam, had lost nearly three-quarters of its volume. REUTERS/Alina SmutkoThe S-300, used by both Russia and Ukraine, is a Soviet-era missile built to intercept aerial targets, such as larger missiles. The destruction of the Kakhovka dam has provided other historical echoes: In 1941, retreating Soviet forces blew up Zaporizhzhia's huge Dnipro Dam to slow a German assault.

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☆ Draining reservoir from Ukraine's destroyed dam is revealing World War II weapons
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-12 | by ( Sam Fellman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

The draining reservoir is revealing weapons that date back to World War II. The lurking dangers are also a reminder of the heavy fighting Ukraine saw in World War II. "The water area of the reservoir is contaminated with ammunition. S-300s are Russian-made surface-to-air missiles, and Smerch rockets are heavy rockets fired from mobile launchers. The older dangers lurking in the area are a reminder of the heavy fighting Ukraine saw in World War II.

Persons: —, Oleksandr Chechko, Julian Borger Organizations: Authorities, Service, Soviet, Nazi, Ministry, Internal Affairs, Ukrainian, Nazi Wehrmacht, Red Army Locations: Ukraine, Russia

☆ UN nuclear watchdog concerned over water levels at Ukraine plant
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-12 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

June 12 (Reuters) - The U.N. atomic watchdog said on Sunday that it needs wider access around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant to check "a significant discrepancy" in water level data at the breached Kakhovka dam used for cooling the plant's reactors. Both the Kakhovka hydropower dam and the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant have been occupied by Russia since the early days of its invasion in February 2022. "But we will only be able to know when we gain access to the thermal power plant." Grossi said the thermal power plant "plays a key role for the safety and security of the nuclear power plant a few kilometres away," hence the need for access and independent assessment. The agency has said earlier that the Zaporizhzhia plant can fall back on other water sources when the reservoir's water is no longer available, including a large cooling pond above the reservoir with several months' worth of water.

Persons: Rafael Grossi, Grossi, Gross, Lidia Kelly, Stephen Coates Organizations: International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, Thomson Locations: Ukraine, Russia, Melbourne

☆ Ukraine's dam collapse is both a fast-moving disaster and a slow-moving ecological catastrophe
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-11 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Alexander Ermochenko | ReutersThe destruction of the Kakhovka Dam was a fast-moving disaster that is swiftly evolving into a long-term environmental catastrophe affecting drinking water, food supplies and ecosystems reaching into the Black Sea. The Kakhovka Dam was the last in a system of six Soviet-era dams on the river, which flows from Belarus to the Black Sea. When Russian forces seized the Kakhovka Dam, the whole system fell into neglect. Rainbow-colored slicks already coat the murky, placid waters around flooded Kherson, the capital of southern Ukraine's province of the same name. "The canal that supplied our water reservoir has also stopped flowing."

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☆ ‘Everything Will Die’: A Dam Blast Imperils Ukraine’s Vital Lifeline
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-11 | by ( Carlotta Gall | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The view from villagers’ gardens on the northern shore of Kakhovka Reservoir has changed significantly in the four days since an explosion destroyed the nearby dam and the waters receded. Mud flats stretch for hundreds of yards, and a long sandbar has emerged from the water reaching out across the bay. The water has already dropped below the critical level to resupply water to the plant, Ukrainian officials said. In communities downriver, the water unleashed by the burst dam flooded homes and swept away property and livestock within hours of the explosion. For those living upstream, the disaster has unfolded in slow motion, the reservoir dropping three to four feet a day.

Persons: ”, Tetyana Locations: Kakhovka, Russian

☆ Kakhovka dam collapse has made Black Sea a ‘garbage dump and animal cemetery,’ Ukraine warns
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-11 | by ( Mariya Knight | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Floodwaters are receding following the collapse of the Kakhovka dam, but debris washed along the Dnipro river is turning Odesa’s Black Sea coastline into “a garbage dump and animal cemetery,” according to Ukrainian authorities. “The Dnipro river flows into the Black Sea, bearing many signs of the devastation caused by Russians,” the ministry said. The collapse of the dam in southern Ukraine on June 6 is one of the biggest industrial and ecological disasters in Europe for decades. Several Western officials have blamed the collapse of the Russian-occupied dam on Moscow. Call for international supportThe developments came as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called for international support to help rescue victims of the dam collapse in Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine.

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☆ Russia-Ukraine War Updates: Flooding Subsides, Revealing Scale of Dam Disaster
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-11 | by ( Matthew Mpoke Bigg | Matt Surman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

Floodwaters in a residential neighborhood after the destruction of the Kakhovka dam, on Friday, in Kherson, Ukraine. Russian troops controlled the dam, and engineering and munitions experts have said that a deliberate explosion inside the dam probably caused its collapse. Moscow’s accusations that the government in Kyiv was responsible for the disaster have been met with scorn in Ukraine. The dam disaster has poisoned water supplies and, over time, it will deplete groundwater levels upstream — creating a long-term problem for a population well beyond those living in the immediate flood zone. The flooding has “severely disrupted this primary water source,” according to a report issued on Sunday by Britain’s defense intelligence agency.

Persons: ”, Ruslan Strilets, Vladimir Saldo Organizations: Emergency Service, Russian, Facebook Locations: Kherson, Ukraine, Dnipro, American, Russia, Kyiv, Mykolaiv, Ukrainian, Russian, Crimea

☆ Zelenskyy says 'counteroffensive, defensive actions' taking place in Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-10 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy holds a press conference during the European Political Community (EPC) Summit in Bulboaca, on June 1, 2023. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday that counteroffensive and defensive actions were underway against Russian forces, asserting that his top commanders were in a "positive" mindset as their troops engaged in intense fighting along the front line. Zelennsky said that "the counteroffensive, defensive actions are taking place in Ukraine. This is a nuclear power plant's safest operating mode. Energoatom employees are still working at the power plant, although it remains controlled by the Russians.

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☆ Dam’s Destruction Reshapes Ukraine, but Not Arc of the War
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-09 | by ( Andrew E. Kramer | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The Ukrainian soldiers sped along a dirt road, their pickup truck bouncing over ruts, lest they become an easy target for Russian tanks across the Dnipro River. Nearby, Russian howitzers fired with deafening booms, sending shells streaking over the ruins of the Kakhovka dam, the destruction of which this week unleashed a flood with far-reaching humanitarian and economic consequences. As Kyiv reckons with the devastation, the military must also fight in the flood zone, adjusting and adapting to the changing contours of the land to meet its broader strategic goals. Fighting continued apace on Thursday in the area of the destroyed dam, across the expanse of floodwaters downriver and over the vanishing reservoir upstream. “Soldiers will go back to fighting,” said a commander fighting near the dam, who asked to be identified by his nickname, Barakuda, for security reasons and in keeping with Ukrainian military rules.

Persons: Fighting, ” Organizations: Kyiv Locations: Dnipro

☆ Opinion | Eerie Days: Smoke and Haze, All Around
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-08 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

SilverSan FranciscoTo the Editor:The smoke that is making the air so hazardous originated from wildfires exacerbated by climate change. A little less than a year ago, in June 2022, the Roberts Supreme Court gutted the Clean Air Act. Think about that decision as we are told to wear high-quality masks outside and not to exercise too strenuously, and see our familiar landscapes enshrouded in a thick yellow haze. To the Editor:“What the hell is this?” Mayor Eric Adams of New York asked on Wednesday. It’s called climate change, and those of us in the West have been suffering variants of this smoky, drought-induced nightmare for many years.

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☆ Mapping the damage from the Nova Kakhovka dam collapse
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-08 | by ( Mariano Zafra | Dea Bankova | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Graphics Mapping the damage from the Nova Kakhovka dam collapseAnalysts from the United Nations Satellite Centre - Unosat have begun to assess the damage caused by the collapse of the Nova Kakhovka dam in Ukraine on June 6. This map illustrates the areas in Khersonska Oblast, Ukraine, that were flooded according to satellite imagery after the collapse of the Nova Kakhovka dam near Kherson. This map illustrates the areas in Khersonska Oblast, Ukraine, that were flooded according to satellite imagery after the collapse of the Nova Kakhovka dam near Kherson. REUTERS/Vladyslav Smilianets A general view of the Nova Kakhovka dam. Screen grab taken from a video obtained by Reuters/via REUTERS A general view of the Nova Kakhovka dam.

Persons: Nova Kakhovka, Alexey Konovalov, Oleksandr Prokudin, Vladyslav Smilianets Organizations: United Nations Satellite, Culture, REUTERS, Sentinel, Reuters Locations: Nova, Ukraine, Dnipro, Khersonska Oblast, Kherson, Salt, U.S ., Utah, Nova Kakhovka, Kherson Region, Russian, Reach, REUTERS Russia

☆ Floods from the dam Russia is accused of destroying also wiped out its own defensive positions, experts say
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-08 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Flooding from the Kakhovka dam destruction is harming Russia's defensive positions, experts said. Kyiv says Russia of blew up the dam to harm Ukraine — but it may have had unintended consequences. "The flood also destroyed Russian minefields along the coast, with footage showing mines exploding in the flood water," the ISW added. The Kakhovka dam, which is upstream from Kherson, was damaged on Tuesday, releasing a torrent of water from its reservoir. Western countries have condemned Russia in broad terms since its destruction but haven't explicitly said it deliberately destroyed the dam.

Persons: —, Hola, ISW, haven't, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Zelenskyy Organizations: Institute for, Service, Russian, Russia, NBC, Ukrainian Presidential, AP Ukraine, Politico Locations: Kyiv, Russia, Ukraine, Dnipro, Russian, Ukrainian, Kherson —, Reuters, Kherson, Kakhovka, Kherson region

CNN —The collapse of the Nova Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine is one of the biggest industrial and ecological disasters in Europe for decades. Satellite images of the Nova Kakhovka dam before its collapse (left, on June 5) and after the disaster (right, on June 7). The Ukrainians point out that the facility has been under Russian control for the past year, making it easy for Russian forces to plant explosives. But much of the east bank of the river south of the Nova Kakhovka dam remains under Russian control. Maxar Technologies/APThere are also suggestions that the dam collapse took at least some Russian forces by surprise.

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☆ Ukrainian forces suffer ‘stiff resistance’ and losses in assault on Russian lines
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-08 | by ( Jim Sciutto | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Ukrainian forces have suffered losses in heavy equipment and soldiers as they met greater than expected resistance from Russian forces in their first attempt to breach Russian lines in the east of the country in recent days, two senior US officials tell CNN. One US official described the losses – which include US supplied MRAP armored personnel vehicles as “significant.”Ukrainian forces managed to overrun some Russian forces in the east around Bakhmut. Today is a successful day for our forces.”Both US officials say the losses are not expected to impact the larger planned Ukrainian counteroffensive. Russian Ministry of Defense claimed Wednesday that the Ukrainian offensive close to Bakhmut was “thwarted”. The enemy was destroyed.”Moscow often inflates claims regarding Ukrainian losses on the battlefield.

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☆ Ukraine warns over reservoir level after Kakhovka dam collapse
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-08 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/4] A column of water from the explosion during a Russian military strike is seen during an evacuation local residents from a flooded area after the Nova Kakhovka dam breached, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine in Kherson, Ukraine June 8, 2023. REUTERS/StringerKYIV, June 8 (Reuters) - The water level at a reservoir in southern Ukraine is approaching a dangerous low after the destruction of the dam at the nearby Kakhovka Hydroelectric Station, the state company overseeing the facility said on Thursday. Moscow and Kyiv blamed each other for the collapse of the dam on Tuesday, which unleashed flood water from the Dnipro River on a wide area of southern Ukraine. Ihor Syrota, general director of Ukrhydroenergo, told Ukrainian television that a drop below the current water level at the Kakhovka Reservoir could affect the nearby Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Station and water supply to other regions. Ukraine's nuclear energy company said on Thursday the situation was "stable and under control" at the Zaporizhzhia plant on Thursday morning.

Persons: Stringer KYIV, Ihor Syrota, Ukrhydroenergo, Syrota, Dan Peleschuk, Timothy Organizations: REUTERS, Timothy Heritage, Thomson Locations: Russian, Ukraine, Kherson, Kakhovka, Moscow, Dnipro

☆ Nova Kakhovka: Ukraine dam collapse serves neither side well as war enters next crucial phase
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-08 | by ( Sam Kiley | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

They were to blow up the Zaporizhzhia hydroelectric dam that bisected the eponymous industrial city, which stands 200 kilometers (125 miles) upriver from today’s Nova Kakhovka barricade). Local residents stand on the Dnipro embankment after the Nova Kakhovka dam breach on June 6. Rescue workers evacuate an elderly woman and her husband from a flooded neighborhood in Kherson, Ukraine, on Wednesday, June 7. Vladyslav Musiienko/Reuters Flooded streets are seen in Kherson on June 7 following the collapse of the Nova Kakhovka dam. Alina Smutko/Reuters In pictures: The collapse of Ukraine's Nova Kakhovka dam Prev NextUkraine’s armed forces have insisted that their counter-offensive included contingency planning for a disaster at the dam.

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☆ Opinion: The Ukraine dam disaster demands accountability
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-08 | by ( Opinion Frida Ghitis | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Meanwhile, Kyiv and Moscow engaged in an intense round of finger pointing over responsibility for the unfolding environmental disaster. The dam’s collapse is not just devastating for those who reside in the immediate environs — it is a nationwide disaster for Ukraine that could reverberate across the globe. Stalin’s goal in the midst of World War II was to prevent Nazi armies from sweeping across Ukraine, which at the time was part of the Soviet Union. The dam collapsed as Ukraine stepped up operations in anticipation of a much-awaited counter-offensive. The broken walls of the Nova Kakhovka dam, and its destructive rushing waters, should strengthen the resolve of Ukraine’s backers.

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☆ In pictures: The collapse of Ukraine’s Nova Kakhovka dam
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-07 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

Flooded streets are seen in Kherson, Ukraine, on Wednesday, June 7, following the collapse of the Nova Kakhovka dam. The Nova Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine suffered a collapse early Tuesday, June 6, forcing more than 1,400 people to flee their homes and threatening vital water supplies as flooding inundated the region. Kyiv and Moscow have traded accusations over the Russian-occupied dam's destruction, without providing concrete proof that the other is culpable. It is not yet clear whether the dam was deliberately attacked or whether the breach was the result of structural failure. It's the last of the cascade of six Soviet-era dams on the Dnipro River, a major waterway running through southeastern Ukraine.

Persons: Volodymyr Zelensky Locations: Kherson, Ukraine, Nova, Kyiv, Moscow, Russian, Dnipro

☆ Ukraine war live updates: Ukraine reels from mass flooding and widespread devastation after major dam destruction
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-07 | by ( Holly Ellyatt | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

A street in the city of Kherson flooded after the Nova Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant dam was damaged, on June 6, 2023. Russia again strongly denied attacking the Nova Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant dam that led to widespread destruction in southern Ukraine, as it came under scrutiny following the major incident. Ukraine and Russia traded accusations on Tuesday as a massive volume of water breached the dam in the partially Russian-occupied region of Kherson, causing widespread flooding downstream. Both sides denied involvement in attacking the dam, with both accusing each other of blowing it up. For example, they noted that Russian-occupied Crimea relies on water supplies from the reservoir and the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant also relies on supplies for cooling.

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The flooding has already killed 300 animals at the Nova Kakhovka zoo, according to the Ukrainian Defense Ministry. Satellite images show a close-up view of the Nova Kakhovka dam and hydroelectric power facility before and after the dam collapse on June 6, 2023. Satellite images show homes along the Dnipro River before and after the Nova Kakhovka dam collapsed. Several Ukrainian regions that receive some of their water supply from the reservoir of the Nova Kakhovka dam are making efforts to conserve water. Local residents carry their personal belongings on a flooded street after the Nova Kakhovka dam collapsed, in Kherson, Ukraine, on June 6.

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[1/3] A view shows the Nova Kakhovka dam that was breached in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict, in the Kherson Region, Russian-controlled Ukraine, June 6, 2023. What is the dam, what happened - and what do we not know? THE KAKHOVKA DAMThe dam, part of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant, is 30 metres (98 feet) tall and 3.2 km (2 miles) long. The dam bridged the Dnipro River, which forms the front line between Russian and Ukrainian forces in the south of Ukraine. Creation of the 2,155 sq km (832 sq mile) Kakhovka reservoir in Soviet times forced around 37,000 people to be moved from their homes.

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☆ Russia's top diplomat is blaming the US for the destruction of the Kakhovka dam, saying HIMARS attacks caused the breach
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-07 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Russia's top diplomat on Tuesday blamed the US for the breach in the Kakhovka dam. He said Ukraine used US-supplied HIMARS to attack the dam, citing a media report from December. At a UN security council meeting, Nebenzya said earlier media reports recorded Ukrainian forces attacking the dam with HIMARS in December. The Post reported that Kovalchuk conducted a test strike with a HIMARS launcher targeting a floodgate at the Kakhovka dam. On Kyiv's part, Ukrainian UN ambassador Sergiy Kyslytsya said it was "physically impossible" to destroy the Kakhovka dam from the outside.

Persons: —, Vasily Nebenzya, Nebenzya, Andriy Kovalchuk, Kovalchuk, Sergiy Kyslytsya, Kyslytsya, it's, Robert Wood, Wood, Martin Griffiths Organizations: Kyiv, Service, United Nations, West, Washington Post, Post, Security, UN Locations: Dnipro, Ukraine, Russian, Russia, HIMARS, Ukrainian, Kakhovka, Crimea

A critical dam on the Dnipro River in southern Ukraine broke overnight on Tuesday, endangering tens of thousands of people who live downstream. Russia said that Ukrainian forces had carried out sabotage. Located near the front line of the war in the southern Kherson region, the dam and nearby infrastructure have been damaged by shelling throughout the war. The area including the dam and the adjacent hydroelectric plant has been occupied by Russian forces since last year. President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine blamed “Russian terrorists,” while the Kremlin’s spokesman, Dmitri S. Peskov, blamed Ukrainian forces, describing what happened as sabotage.

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☆ Satellite images show the Kakhovka dam was already partially damaged days before it collapsed: reports
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-07 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The Kakhovka dam was already damaged days before it collapsed on Tuesday, per the BBC and CNN. The BBC published two images of the roadway that show the bridge's deteriorating condition between Thursday and Friday. Both outlets reported that it's unclear if the damage to the roadway affected the eventual breach of the Kakhovka dam. The Kakhovka dam is also vital to the water supply of Crimea, which was annexed in 2014. Ukrainian UN ambassador Sergiy Kyslytsya said it was "physically impossible" to destroy the Kakhovka dam from the outside.

Persons: —, It's, Sergiy Kyslytsya, United States Robert Wood Organizations: BBC, CNN, Service, Kyiv, Washington Locations: Ukraine, Russia, Dnipro, Kherson, Crimea, Moscow, Ukrainian, United States

☆ Tens of thousands at risk from flooding after Ukraine dam collapse
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-07 | by ( Viktoriia Lakezina | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

[1/3] A satellite image shows a close-up view of Nova Kakhovka dam and hydroelectric power facility, Ukraine, in this picture obtained by Reuters on June 6, 2023. Ukraine and Russia blame each other for the collapse of the massive dam on Tuesday, which sent floodwaters across a swathe of the war zone and forced thousands to flee. Ukraine said Russia committed a deliberate war crime in blowing up the Soviet-era Nova Kakhovka dam, which powered a hydroelectric station. Residents in flooded Nova Kakhovka on the Russian-controlled bank of the Dnipro told Reuters that some had decided to stay despite being ordered out. It's very dirty," Yevheniya, a woman in Nova Kakhovka , said by telephone.

Persons: Martin Griffiths, John Kirby, Robert Wood, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Cynthia Osterman, Michael Perry Organizations: Reuters, Maxar Technologies, UN, United Nations, Kremlin, Security Council, Dnipro, U.S, Criminal Court, Kyiv, Thomson Locations: Kakhovka, Ukraine, Russia, UN KHERSON, Ukrainian, Dnipro, Moscow, Kherson, slog, Nova Kakhovka, Russian, Washington, Geneva, Crimean

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