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Land under in the Kherson region: The Kakhovka Dam, one of Ukraine's most important dams, has been destroyed. The masses of water flooded villages such as Nova Kakhovka, and several districts had to be evacuated.
Photo: Alexei Konovalov / ITAR-TASS / IMAGO
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Aerial photographs of the dam failure. Kiev accuses Russia of blowing up the dam. For its part, the Kremlin speaks of Ukrainian sabotage. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz also blames Russia.
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Satellite images show the full extent. The water level in the reservoir has risen significantly in recent weeks. The dam made the flat Dnieper navigable. It dammed the water for 200 kilometers between Zaporizhzhia and Nova Kakhovka and held about 18 billion cubic meters of water.
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Planet Labs PBC / AP
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A train station in Kherson: people are fleeing from the water. Russia controls the left bank of the Dnieper, Ukraine controls the right bank – both sides report evacuations.
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Nina Lyashonok / AP
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Parts of the amusement park of Nova Kakhovka are under water, the football stadium in the background resembles a lake landscape. Only the stands give an idea that this was once a place where the ball was played.
Photo: Alexei Konovalov / ITAR-TASS / IMAGO
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The site of Enerhija Nova Kakhovka is under water. The club's first team played in the Ukrainian third division, but in the wake of the Russian invasion, the club disbanded in the spring of 2022.
Photo: Alexei Konovalov / ITAR-TASS / IMAGO
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A train station in Kherson becomes an emergency shelter. Ukraine accuses Russia of continuing shelling despite evacuation measures.
Photo: STATE EMERGENCY SERVICE OF UKRAINE HANDOUT / EPA
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Not only people are fleeing from the water, but also some animals can be seen in pictures of the evacuations.
Photo: Nina Lyashonok / AP
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Two people are sitting outside their building on the outskirts of Kherson. People in the city have been living under Russian artillery fire for months.
Photo: Sergiy Dollar / AFP
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The water reaches up to the hips of this resident.
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Nina Lyashonok / AP
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at an emergency meeting of the National Security Council in Kyiv. Zelensky compared the blowing up of the dam to the use of a weapon of mass destruction. The humanitarian and ecological consequences are not yet foreseeable.
Photo: Ukrainian Presidency / ZUMA Wire / IMAGO
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