Thu. Dec 19th, 2024

NNA – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday said the quot;worldnbsp;must reactquot; to the Kakhovkanbsp;damnbsp;attack, blamingnbsp;Russianbsp;for the breach which has caused extensive flooding.

quot;Thenbsp;worldnbsp;must react,quot; he said onnbsp;social media, adding thatnbsp;Russianbsp;had carried out quot;an internal explosion of the structuresquot; of the plant at 2:50 am local time (2350 GMT).

Annbsp;attacknbsp;on a major Russian-heldnbsp;damnbsp;in southernnbsp;Ukrainenbsp;earlier Tuesday unleashed a torrent ofnbsp;waternbsp;that flooded a small city, and two dozen villages and sent hundreds fleeing.

Russia insists that thenbsp;damnbsp;was partially destroyed by quot;multiple strikesquot; comingnbsp;fromnbsp;Ukrainian forces.mdash;AFP

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