Ukraine dam: Zelensky visits flood-hit region after Kakhovka dam breach

 Ukraine dam: Zelensky visits flood-hit region after Kakhovka dam breach - BBC News

1. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has visited the southern Kherson region hit by floods after Tuesday's breach of the Kakhovka dam
2. Zelensky yesterday accused aid agencies of failing to help, and appealed for an international effort to help people trapped in floodwaters in Russian-occupied territory
   
   
   
3. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has visited the southern Kherson region hit by floods after Tuesday's breach of the Kakhovka dam
4. Zelensky yesterday accused aid agencies of failing to help, and appealed for an international effort to help people trapped in floodwaters in Russian-occupied territory
5. Rescue efforts continue after the breach - which flooded 30 communities along the Dnipro river, according to a Ukrainian minister
6. Dislodged landmines have sparked major concerns for residents in the Kherson region, the Red Cross has warned
7. Hundreds of thousands of people have been left without drinking water, officials say, and the Ukrainian army has used drones to drop bottles to some residents
8. Both Kyiv and Moscow have accused each other of deliberately attacking the dam - and BBC Verify has been working to establish the facts
9. Meanwhile, there has been speculation over the status of Kyiv's long-anticipated counter-offensive - and a minister said on Wednesday that a full-scale assault was yet to begin
   
   
10. Rescue efforts continue after the breach - which flooded 30 communities along the Dnipro river, according to a Ukrainian minister
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12. Dislodged landmines have sparked major concerns for residents in the Kherson region, the Red Cross has warned
13. Hundreds of thousands of people have been left without drinking water, officials say, and the Ukrainian army has used drones to drop bottles to some residents
    
    
    
14. Both Kyiv and Moscow have accused each other of deliberately attacking the dam - and BBC Verify has been working to establish the facts
15. Meanwhile, there has been speculation over the status of Kyiv's long-anticipated counter-offensive - and a minister said on Wednesday that a full-scale assault was yet to begin
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