Key takeaways:
- Five people have died and two more have been found missing after a dam breach in Nova Kakhovka, Ukraine.
- The flooding has caused huge swaths of land to become submerged, leaving entire towns isolated and facing dangers such as land mines and waterborne diseases.
- In response to the disaster, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has urged allies to offer aid and assistance in evacuating people and providing essential supplies.
Five people have died and two more have been found missing after a dam breach in Nova Kakhovka, a Russian-occupied city in Ukraine, caused massive flooding. This is the first official report of deaths from the environmental crisis, which is one of the largest since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine more than 15 months ago.
Vladimir Leontyev, the Russian-appointed mayor of Nova Kakhovka, reported the deaths on Russian state TV. He also said that efforts are underway to evacuate the two missing people. The flooding has caused huge swaths of land to become submerged, leaving entire towns isolated and facing dangers such as land mines and waterborne diseases.
In response to the disaster, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited affected areas under Ukrainian control on Thursday to evaluate the emergency response. He has also urged allies to offer aid and assistance in evacuating people and providing essential supplies.
Russia has denied any involvement in the destruction of the dam, but Ukraine and several of Kyiv’s allies have called the incident a war crime. The full extent of the damage and the number of people affected by the flooding is still unknown.
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