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Ukraine hopes that the water level in the Dnieper River will stabilize after the destruction of the Kakhovka dam, a disaster that Kiev authorities believe will not affect their counteroffensive. According to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, the explosion that destroyed the dam and the New Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant could only occur from inside the infrastructure, controlled by Russia since February 2022. Zelenskiy assured that what happened "will not stop Ukraine and Ukrainians", nor will it affect his plans to liberate the territories occupied by Russia.

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'It won't stop Ukrainians'

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Wednesday that the explosion that destroyed the dam and the New Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant could only have occurred from inside the infrastructure, controlled by Russia since February 2022.

At the same time, he assured that what happened "will not stop Ukraine and Ukrainians", nor will it affect his plans to liberate the territories occupied by Russia.

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Ukraine takes stock of the disaster: evacuees, flooded fields and power cuts

The overflow of the Kakhovka dam in the early hours of Tuesday caused the flooding of dozens of houses and 10,000 hectares of agricultural land on the western bank of the Dnieper River, the Ukrainian Ministry of Agriculture said. So far, in addition, more than 1,750 people have been evacuated from the areas most affected by the flood from the western bank of the Dnieper River, where the dam was located and which splits the Ukrainian province of Kherson in two, in addition to power cuts.

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