Ukraine and Russia have reportedly requested emergency meetings of the UN Security Council on the blowing up of the Kakhovka dam, which has put tens of thousands of people at risk of flooding. View on

Explosions destroyed a vast Soviet-era dam in Russian-controlled southern Ukraine overnight, unleashing a wall of water amid signs that Kyiv’s summer counter-offensive was under way. Russian and Ukrainian forces blamed each other for blowing up the Kakhovka dam,

Water was surging through the critical Kakhovka dam Tuesday, unleashing flooding that could threaten hundreds of thousands of residents, as well as a nearby nuclear plant.

The destruction of the Nova Kakhovka dam on Tuesday unleashed a humanitarian catastrophe, but it may only be a minor military setback for Ukraine.

The wall of a major dam in a part of southern Ukraine that Moscow controls collapsed Tuesday, triggering floods and endangering Europe's largest nuclear power plant.

Ukrainian President Zelensky demands emergency meeting of UN Security Council to discuss incident, which could be a tactical move by Russia to make frontline impassable