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Toxic flood from dam breach having largest impact on Russian-held territory

Por: Newsweek World June 08, 2023

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On June 6 at approximately 2:50 a.m. local time torrents of water began flowing through a breach in the Nova Kakhovka dam. Built in 1955, the dam had spanned the Dnieper River, the body of water that now separates the Ukrainian-controlled right (west) bank from the Russian-occupied left (east) bank in the Kherson region of southern Ukraine. The resulting flood sent a flood of toxic water rushing through agricultural fields, nature preserves, and... + full article



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