Volodymr Zelensky condemned Russian forces as “terrorists” following the destruction of a significant Ukrainian dam in southern Ukraine.
“Russian terrorists. The destruction of the Kakhovka hydroelectric energy plant dam solely confirms for the entire world that they should be expelled from each nook of Ukrainian land,” the Ukrainian president mentioned.
President Zelensky accused Russia of blowing up the plant in a single day from inside the ability, and claimed that Moscow carried out an “inside detonation” of the constructions on the energy plant.
About 80 settlements are within the zone of flooding, he mentioned.
The destruction of the huge Soviet-era dam within the Russian managed a part of southern Ukraine unleashed a flood of water throughout the conflict zone, in line with each Ukrainian and Russian forces.
The Nova Kakhovka dam provides water to Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula and the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, each underneath Russian management.
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12:47 PM
‘Water is rising’
The Russian-occupied metropolis of Nova Kakhovka in southern Ukraine – residence to the dam that Moscow and Kyiv have accused one another of attacking – is “flooded”, officers mentioned Tuesday.
Russian tv confirmed pictures of the town that lies on the Dnipro river with its central sq. completely flooded and swans swimming close to the principle Soviet-era home of tradition.
“Water is rising,” Vladimir Leontyev, the Russian-installed head of the town administration, mentioned on Telegram.
He mentioned 53 buses had been being despatched by authorities to take folks from Novaya Kakhovka and two close by settlements to secure areas.
“We’re organising non permanent lodging centres with scorching meals,” he mentioned.
“Emergency rescuers, metropolis administration employees and troopers are at work,” he mentioned. “Assist can be given to all those that want it.”
Leontyev posted a video of himself trying on the metropolis from a high-rise constructing with the flooded central sq. and the Dnipro river within the background.
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12:35 PM
European court docket condemns Russia over Navalny 2020 poisoning
Europe’s high rights court docket has condemned Russia for failing to correctly examine the 2020 poisoning of opposition determine Alexei Navalny which the West says was an assassination bid.
The Strasbourg-based European Courtroom of Human Rights (ECHR) mentioned Russia had notably failed “to discover the allegations of a potential political motive for the tried homicide, in addition to potential involvement of state brokers”, unanimously discovering Russia had violated the European Conference on Human Rights.
It mentioned Russia had refused to open legal proceedings into the poisoning, which led to Navalny falling right into a coma and being placed on life assist.
The anti-corruption campaigner, seen by supporters as a possible political rival of President Vladimir Putin, fell ailing whereas on a home flight from Siberia.
Navalny was later evacuated to Germany the place he recovered. He has been behind bars since he returned to Moscow in early 2021.
The ECHR famous that exams by the German authorities had proven “particular proof” of the presence of the Soviet-era chemical nerve agent Novichok in Navalny’s system.
The court docket mentioned the inquiry by Russia was not open to scrutiny and Navalny had not been allowed to take part.
12:14 PM
Kremlin claims that Kakhovka dam assault ‘deliberate sabotage’ by Kyiv
The Kremlin has claimed that the assault on a significant dam in Moscow-occupied southern Ukraine was “deliberate sabotage” by Kyiv, which needed to chop off Russian-occupied Crimea from water.
Russia and Ukraine have traded accusations over harm to the key Kakhovka dam on the Dnipro River.
“We will already unequivocally declare (this was) deliberate sabotage by the Ukrainian facet,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov mentioned, claiming that one of many goals was to deprive Crimea of water.
He mentioned the Kremlin “decisively rejected” accusations by Ukraine and the West that Moscow’s forces had been behind a blast that brought on the harm.
Ukraine’s Overseas Ministry has known as for an pressing assembly of the United Nations Safety Council to debate what it known as a “Russian terrorist assault” on the Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine.
Volodymr Zelensky has condemned Russian forces as “terrorists” following the destruction of the dam.
12:01 PM
EU says dam blast exhibits “barbaric” nature of Russian aggression
The EU has condemned the destruction of a significant hydroelectric dam within the south of Ukraine as a brand new instance of the “barbaric aggression” by Russia in opposition to Ukraine.
“This can be a new signal of escalation, bringing the horrific and barbaric nature of Russian aggression in opposition to Ukraine to unprecedented ranges,” EU Fee spokesman Peter Stano mentioned at a press convention in Brussels.
11:59 AM
Russian-installed authorities plan to evacuate three districts after dam breach
The Russian-installed administration of Ukraine’s Kherson area mentioned that it was making ready to evacuate three districts after the in a single day breach of the Kakhovka dam, holding 18 cubic km of water.
In a press release on Telegram, the administration mentioned evacuations had been being ready within the Nova Kakhovka, Golo Pristan and Oleshky districts, the latter two throughout the mouth of the Dnipro river from the Ukrainian-held regional capital, Kherson.
Russia controls the left, jap financial institution of the Dnipro, and Ukraine the opposite facet.
11:39 AM
Homes floating underneath water
11:38 AM
Nato chief says Russia can’t block Ukraine’s membership
Russia doesn’t have a veto on Ukraine’s eventual membership of the Western defence alliance Nato, its chief Jens Stoltenberg mentioned on Tuesday.
“All allies agree that Nato’s door stays open, that Ukraine will turn into a member of the alliance and that Russia doesn’t have a veto,” he mentioned.
The Nato chief was within the Slovakia capital Bratislava for talks with the presidents of the alliance’s jap flank, the so-called Bucharest 9 group.
The Bratislava talks got here forward of subsequent month’s Nato summit in Vilnius, the place Stoltenberg mentioned the alliance will take “very important” selections.
“We’ll strengthen our assist for Ukraine with a multi-year bundle of help to assist them transition from Soviet-era to Nato requirements, and produce Ukraine nearer to Nato,” he mentioned.
“We should additionally agree a stronger dedication to extend defence investments, with two % of GDP at the least,” he added.
11:33 AM
150 tonnes of engine oil in river after dam assault
Ukraine mentioned 150 tonnes of engine oil had spilled into the Dnipro river after an assault on the Kakhovka dam and warned of a “destructive influence” for the atmosphere.
“100 fifty tonnes of engine oil bought into the Dnipro river because of the explosion,” Daria Zarivna, communications adviser to the top of the Ukrainian president’s workplace, mentioned on social media.
11:28 AM
Ukraine seeks UN Safety Council assembly on dam blast
Ukraine’s Overseas Ministry known as for an pressing assembly of the United Nations Safety Council to debate what it known as a “Russian terrorist assault” on the Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine.
The ministry additionally known as in a press release for the U.N. nuclear watchdog’s board of governors to debate the incident and demanded new worldwide sanctions on Russia, and particularly the Russian missile business and nuclear sector.
11:17 AM
Kakhovka dam blast won’t stop Ukraine’s counteroffensive, says normal
The destruction of the Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine won’t stop Ukrainian troops from advancing, a senior Ukrainian commander mentioned.
“As for stopping our offensive actions, the navy command has taken into full account such treacherous enemy actions, and it mustn’t stop our advance in these instructions the place there could also be spillage of water,” Serhiy Naev, commander of the joint forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, was quoted as saying by the state information company Ukrinform.
10:56 AM
Ukraine investigating dam blast as conflict crime, prosecutors say
Ukraine is investigating the blast at a significant hydroelectric dam within the south of the nation as a conflict crime and as potential legal environmental destruction, or “ecocide”, the workplace of its prosecutor normal mentioned.
The prosecutors mentioned in feedback despatched to Reuters that they’d began “pressing investigations” into the destruction of the Nova Kakhovka hydroelectric dam.
Ukraine is one in all a small variety of states, together with Russia, which have criminalised ‘ecocide’ by home laws.
Kyiv defines ecocide as “mass destruction of wildlife, poisoning of air or water assets, and likewise another actions that will trigger an environmental catastrophe” in Article 441 of its legal code.
10:50 AM
Aftermath of flooding in footage:
10:39 AM
Kyiv accuses Russia of blowing up dam to cease Ukrainian forces crossing Dnipro
Russia blew up the Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine to stop Ukrainian forces crossing the Dnipro river, the spokesperson for Ukraine’s southern navy command mentioned.
“This can be a hysterical response,” spokesperson Natalia Humeniuk advised a web based briefing. “They had been conscious that the motion of the (Ukrainian) defence forces would happen and on this method tried to affect the defence forces in order that the crossing of the Dnipro, which they feared, wouldn’t occur.”
10:32 AM
Ukraine says state of affairs at nuclear plant not crucial after dam blast
The state of affairs on the Zaporizhzhia nuclear energy plant in southern Ukraine is just not crucial after the destruction of the Kakhovka dam, the top of Ukraine’s state nuclear vitality firm has mentioned.
Energoatom chief Petro Kotin mentioned the autumn within the ranges of the Kakhovka reservoir wouldn’t have an effect on the extent of water in cooling ponds on the facility’s spent nuclear gas storage swimming pools.
09:58 AM
The place is the Kakhovka dam?
09:43 AM
Zelensky: Russian forces blew up Kakhovka hydro station from inside
Russian forces blew up the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Energy Station in southern Ukraine in a single day from inside the ability, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky mentioned on Tuesday.
“Tonight at 02:50, Russian terrorists carried out an inside detonation of the constructions of the Kakhovskaya HPP. About 80 settlements are within the zone of flooding,” he mentioned
09:37 AM
‘A brand new stage of Russian aggression’
The destruction of the Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine is a essentially new stage of Russian aggression, a senior Ukrainian safety official mentioned.
Oleksiy Danilov, Secretary of Ukraine’s Nationwide Safety and Defence Council, mentioned Russia had moved from making an attempt to justify its invasion of Ukraine with what he known as propaganda myths to declaring its true aims brazenly – “to smash Ukraine, kill Ukrainians, destroy the financial system” and civilian “life-support constructions.”
09:34 AM
Pictured: Overseas Secretary James Cleverly operates an unmanned demining automobile in Kyiv
09:27 AM
1000’s of civilians in danger, says Nato secretary normal
Jens Stoltenberg, the Nato secretary normal, has condemned the “outrageous” destruction of the Kakhovka dam.
09:21 AM
Beavers noticed in Kherson
Beavers have been noticed on the streets of Kherson after the dam was blown up.
09:18 AM
‘The most important environmental catastrophe in a long time’
Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to Zelensky, has commented on the information that the Kakhovka energy plant has blown up.
08:52 AM
Pictured: Beavers on the streets of Kherson
08:51 AM
Kakhovka dam blast is Russian try and ‘increase the stakes’, says Zelensky aide
The destruction of a dam in a Russian-occupied a part of southern Ukraine is an try by Moscow to “increase the stakes” in its full-scale invasion and stoke fears of a nuclear disaster, a senior Ukrainian official mentioned.
“At present, the world should…perceive that that is an try by terrorists to boost the stakes and scare everybody with a potential nuclear catastrophe,” Andriy Yermak, the top of President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s administration, wrote on Telegram.
08:27 AM
Crimea head says dam blast might result in water provide issues for peninsula
The Russian-backed governor of Crimea mentioned that there’s a threat that water ranges within the North Crimea Canal, which carries contemporary water to the peninsula from the Dnipro river, might fall after the blast on the Nova Kakhovka dam.
In a press release on Telegram, Sergei Aksyonov mentioned that Crimea had adequate water reserves for the second, and that the extent of threat would turn into clear within the coming days.
Crimea is closely depending on water from the canal, which carries water from the Dnipro river, upstream of the dam.
The canal was blocked by Ukraine after Russia annexed Crimea in 2014. The blockade led to acute water shortages on the peninsula that ended solely after Russian forces seized the canal in March 2022.
08:21 AM
European Council President blames Russia for the assault
Charles Michel, the president of the European Council, has reacted to information of the assault.
08:08 AM
Ukraine accuses Russia of blowing up dam to sluggish offensive
Kyiv has accused Moscow of destroying a dam so as to decelerate a Ukrainian offensive, saying the implications had been “already catastrophic”.
“The terrorists’ purpose is clear – to create obstacles for the offensive actions of the armed forces,” Ukrainian presidential aide Mykhaylo Podolyak mentioned.
08:04 AM
Kakhovka hydro plant ‘completely destroyed’ after blast in engine room
The Kakhovka Hydroelectric Energy Plant in a Russian-occupied space of southern Ukraine has been “destroyed utterly” and can’t be restored after a detonation contained in the engine room, Ukraine’s state hydroelectric firm mentioned.
In a press release from the corporate, shared by a Ukrainian adviser on Twitter, the corporate mentioned the reservoir was anticipated to expire inside the subsequent 4 days.
08:00 AM
Overseas Secretary blames dam blast on Russian invasion
James Cleverly, the Overseas Secretary, has blamed the destruction of a dam in southern Ukraine on Russia’s invasion.
“I’ve heard experiences of the explosion on the dam and the chance of flooding. It’s too early to make any sort of significant evaluation of the main points. However it’s value remembering that the one motive this is a matter in any respect is due to Russia’s unprovoked full-scale invasion of Ukraine,” he mentioned whereas visiting Ukraine.
“We’ll proceed to evaluate the growing state of affairs, however one of the best factor Russia might do now’s withdraw their troops instantly.”
07:54 AM
Ukraine says Russian forces blew up Kakhovka dam in ‘panic’
Russian forces blew up the Kakhovka dam in a Russian-occupied a part of southern Ukraine “in a panic”, Ukraine’s navy intelligence company has mentioned.
“The occupiers blew up the dam of the Kakhovka Reservoir in a panic – that is an apparent act of terrorism and a conflict crime, which can be proof in a global tribunal,” it mentioned in a press release on Telegram.
07:45 AM
16,000 folks in ‘crucial zone’
Anton Geraschchenko, an inside ministry adviser, has mentioned that evacuation trains will transport folks to security from Kherson.
There was flooding in eight areas alongside the Dnipro river, Oleksandr Prokudin, head of the Kherson miliary administration, mentioned.
07:33 AM
Upto 80 settlements prone to flooding
The dam, 30 metres tall and three.2 km lengthy, was inbuilt 1956 on the Dnipro river.
It holds water equal to that within the Nice Salt Lake within the US state of Utah and likewise provides water to Crimea, annexed by Russia in 2014, and to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, which can also be underneath Russian management.
“The dimensions of the destruction, the velocity and volumes of water, and the possible areas of inundation are being clarified,” the Ukrainian navy mentioned.
Individually, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal mentioned that as much as 80 settlements had been prone to flooding after what he described because the destruction of the station’s dam by Russian forces.
07:23 AM
State of affairs at nuclear plant ‘underneath management’ after dam blast
The destruction of the Kakhovka dam by Russian forces in southern Ukraine poses a risk to the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Energy Plant, however the state of affairs on the facility is underneath management, Ukraine’s state atomic energy company has mentioned.
“Water from the Kakhovka Reservoir is important for the station to obtain energy for turbine capacitors and security programs of the ZNPP,” Ukraine’s nuclear operator Energoatom mentioned. “Proper now the station’s cooling pond is full: as of 8:00 a.m., the water stage is 16.6 meters, which is adequate for the station’s wants.”
“Presently, the state of affairs on the ZNPP is underneath management, Ukrainian personnel are monitoring all indicators,” it mentioned.
The UN Worldwide Atomic Vitality Company mentioned that its consultants had been carefully monitoring the state of affairs on the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Energy Plant upstream, and there was “no speedy nuclear security threat” on the facility.
In line with the Ukraine Struggle Environmental Penalties Working Group, a complete collapse within the dam would wash away a lot of the left financial institution and a extreme drop within the reservoir has the potential to deprive the nuclear plant of essential cooling, in addition to dry up the water provide in northern Crimea.
07:20 AM
Zelensky blames Russia for the harm
06:42 AM
Ukrainians advised to evacuate
Individuals residing close to the dam have been advised to go away.
Authorities in Kherson are predicting that water ranges will attain “crucial” level within the subsequent 5 hours.
1000’s of Ukrainian residents had already been encountering flooding threat as water ranges rise in Dnipro river, and Russian forces flooded and mined fields in latest weeks forward of Ukraine’s counter-offensive.
06:15 AM
Dam blast could be blow to counter-offensive
President Zelensky has beforehand advised that Russia wouldn’t hesitate to trigger an environmental catastrophe for the sake of gaining a navy benefit.
As Ukraine plans its counter-offensive, any flooding if Kherson might complicate plans for assaults within the contested southern area.
The Kakhovka dam has lengthy been thought-about a potential navy goal.
Contemplate the harm that 18 million cubic metres of water might create whereas engulfing close by villages and any of the remaining 284,000 individuals who lived close by earlier than the invasion.
Destroying the infrastructure might lower the entire of southern Ukraine of its water provide. That features the water often provided to the Zaporizhzhya nuclear plant.
05:56 AM
Zelensky to carry emergency talks
We’re now listening to that Volodymyr Zelensky, the Ukrainian President, is looking safety advisors collectively for an emergency assembly.
Ukrainians are waking to the information {that a} main dam has been broken in a single day. Their authorities is but to substantiate the extent of the destruction.
05:27 AM
Nova Kakhovka Dam ‘attacked’
The massive Nova Kakhovka Dam within the Russia-controlled components of the Kherson area in southern Ukraine was destroyed and the territory is flooding, Russian state information company TASS reported on Tuesday, citing an unnamed supply near the matter.
TASS cited the supply as saying that it was a quiet evening and that there have been no air strikes on the dam in a single day.
Kyiv and Moscow are every blaming the opposite facet for the harm.
“The Kakhovka (dam) was blown up by the Russian occupying forces,” the South command of Ukraine’s Armed Forces mentioned on Tuesday on its Fb web page.
“The dimensions of the destruction, the velocity and volumes of water, and the possible areas of inundation are being clarified.”
Russian information businesses mentioned the dam, managed by Russian forces, had been destroyed in shelling whereas a Russian-installed official mentioned it was a terrorist assault – Russian shorthand for an assault by Ukraine.
05:25 AM
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