Day 468 of the Invasion of Ukraine: State of Emergency has been declared in Nova Kakhovka after the Explosion of the Dam Wall

@novinite.com

Day 468 of the invasion of Ukraine. Summary of key events in the last 24 hours:

  • A state of emergency has been declared in Nova Kakhovka after the explosion of the dam wall
  • Kyiv wants a meeting of the UN Security Council and new sanctions over the explosion at the dam
  • IAEA: There is no immediate threat to the Zaporizhzhia NPP after the dam wall explosion
  • Parts of the Nova Kakhovka dam in Ukraine have been destroyed, flooding has begun in the territories along the Dnieper River
  • There is no immediate danger to the Zaporizhzhia NPP after the collapse of the wall of the Nova Kakhovka dam
  • Zelensky convenes an extraordinary meeting of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine due to the explosion of the Nova Kakhovka dam
  • Another air attack against Kyiv


A state of emergency has been declared in Nova Kakhovka after the explosion of the dam wall

A state of emergency has been declared in the area of Nova Kakhovka in the Russian-controlled part of Kherson region after the breach of the dam wall in the city, the Russian state news agency TASS reported, citing a decree of the local Moscow-backed authorities, "Reuters" reported.

Russian emergency services said about 600 houses were flooded, and the Russian-appointed mayor said the town of Nova Kakhovka was under water.

Russia has been controlling the dam and the entire Kakhovka HPP for more than a year. It is physically impossible to blow it up somehow from the...

Continue reading on: