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The Kakhovka dam in Ukraine exploded on Tuesday, June 6. It could have been mined. Many towns were flooded. The city of Kherson is threatened.
An uninterrupted torrent escapes from the Kakhovka dam in Ukraine. The breach extends for several hundred meters. Buildings are submerged. The water pours into the river and overflows throughout the region.not, at the heart of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict. It is 2:20 a.m. on the night of Monday June 5 to Tuesday June 6 when the strategic dam explodes. According to some experts, it may have been mined.
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The more the hours pass, the more the water carries away the buildings one by one and makes the river swell. Downstream of the dam, 80 municipalities are in a flood zone, some on the right bank controlled by kyiv, others on the left bank, occupiedee by Russia. The city of Kherson, taken over by the Ukrainians, is also threatened. In the city center, the inhabitants oscillate between anger and despair. For those who have already suffered the occupation and the bombardments, it is a new ordeal. “It’s awful for us. We all have friends, relatives who live here. It is not possible to impose this on us“says a woman.