Ukraine accuses Russia of destroying Kakhovka dam, evacuation orders issued as 'ecological disaster' warned
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Ukraine accused Russia of blowing up the Kakhovka dam and a hydroelectric power station, forcing hundreds of thousands of residents along the Dnipro river to evacuate.
Ukrainian authorities previously stated that the dam’s failure could unleash 18 million cubic meters (4.8 billion gallons) of water, warning that it would flood Kherson and dozens of other heavily-populated areas.
The World Data Center for Geoinformatics and Sustainable Development, a Ukrainian nongovernmental organization, estimated that nearly 100 villages and towns would be flooded, adding that it would take five to seven days for water levels to start dropping.
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