More than 50 people died and homes and farmland were destroyed when the dam collapsed on June 6. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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.
Speaking by video link to a meeting of European Union countries’ environment ministers, Ukrainian Environment Minister Ruslan Strilets said assessments of the damage was ongoing but the dam collapse was already the largest environmental disaster since Russia’s February 2022 invasion. Mr Strilets did not specify what comprised the estimated €1.2 billion in damage, but said the dam collapse had left around a million people without drinking water after the Kakhovka reservoir’s volume plunged by three quarters, and debris would be washed into other countries.Ukraine accuses Russia of blowing up the Soviet-era dam, under Russian control since the early days of its invasion. The Kremlin accused Kyiv of sabotaging the hydro-electric facility.
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