BRUSSELS: The destruction of the vast Kakhovka hydro-electric dam has caused €1.2 billion of damage, Ukraine's environment minister said on Tuesday (Jun 20), warning that mines unearthed by flooding could wash onto other European countries' shores. The
BRUSSELS: The destruction of the vast Kakhovka hydro-electric dam has caused €1.2 billion of damage, Ukraine's environment minister said on Tuesday , warning that mines unearthed by flooding could wash onto other European countries' shores.on Jun 6 unleashed floodwaters across southern Ukraine and Russian-occupied areas of the Kherson region, killing more than 50 people and destroying homes and farmland.
"There are things that we can never restore. These are the ecosystems that were washed away into the Black Sea. This includes 20,000 animals that probably died, including endemic species that were only found in southern Ukraine," he said. A team of international legal experts assisting Ukraine's prosecutors in their investigation said it was"highly likely" the dam's collapse was caused by explosives planted by Russians.
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