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,

Ukrainians fled to trees and rooftops last night to escape flooding caused by the collapse of a dam Kyiv says was blown up by Russia. Hundreds of thousands are said to be without normal access to clean drinking water following the breach,

Crews worked Wednesday to rescue civilians from flooding caused by the collapse of the Kakhovka hydroelectric dam in Russian-occupied Ukraine as Kyiv and Moscow traded blame for its destruction.

UN security council meeting discusses disaster as US, UK and French representatives call for an investigation

Evacuations are continuing along Ukraine's Dnipro River, as fears of a humanitarian disaster rise following the attack on a major Russian-held dam in Ukraine's south. Both sides are pointing fingers

Ukraine must be "compensated for all the damage caused by Russia," Oleg Ustenko, an economic adviser to President Volodymyr Zelensky, told Newsweek.