Thousands displaced after Ukraine dam destroyed
Thousands have been displaced because of flooding caused by the destruction of a dam in Ukraine. Both Russian and Ukrainian officials are blaming the other side. Debora Patta has more.
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Thousands have been displaced because of flooding caused by the destruction of a dam in Ukraine. Both Russian and Ukrainian officials are blaming the other side. Debora Patta has more.
The true scale of the flooding disaster in southern Ukraine remained unclear Thursday, three days after the country's president accused Russian forces of blowing up a major dam. One Russian-backed official in the region said five people had died as water continued to gush through the Nova Kakhovka Dam. Debora Patta reports.
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Floodwaters in Ukraine are expected to peak Wednesday after a major dam was destroyed. Ukraine says at least 42,000 people are at direct risk from the flooding and hundreds of thousands could be left without access to clean drinking water. Ukraine and Russia blame each other for the dam's collapse. CBS News foreign correspondent Debora Patta has more from eastern Ukraine.
Thousands of people are being evacuated as water continues to cascade from the dam.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russia has triggered "the largest man-made environmental disaster in Europe in decades" after a major dam and power station blew up in southern Ukraine Tuesday. The Kremlin has denied claims it carried out the attack, accusing Ukrainian forces instead. Suzanne Loftus, research fellow at the Quincy Institute, joins CBS News to discuss what the collapse means for the war's trajectory.
Kyiv and Moscow are trading blame for an attack on a key dam in Russian-occupied southern Ukraine. CBS News senior White House and political correspondent Ed O'Keefe reports on how the Biden administration is responding.
Russia and Ukraine are each blaming each other for destroying a Soviet-era dam. The dam's destruction has caused severe flooding and could endanger a nuclear power plant. Debora Patta has the latest.
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Thousands of families were forced to evacuate after a key dam collapsed in southern Ukraine. Russian and Ukrainian forces are blaming each other for the collapse. Veronika Melkozerova, the Ukraine reporter for Politico Europe, has more.
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Ukrainian officials ordered thousands of people to evacuate and accused Russia of unleashing the "largest man-made environmental disaster in Europe in decades."
Kyiv and Moscow are blaming each other for the destruction of a major dam in a Russian-controlled area of southern Ukraine -- but what's the strategic importance of this action? CBS News foreign policy and national security contributor H.R. McMaster has more.
Russia has said it repelled an attempted attack by Ukrainian forces as signs indicate the country is preparing a counteroffensive to retake occupied territory in the east. Debora Patta has the latest.
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Ukraine reports more fighting near the city of Bakhmut and Russia claims to have thwarted a large Ukrainian attack in the country's southeast. CBS News foreign correspondent Debora Patta and BBC correspondent James Waterhouse have more.
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Russia claims to have repelled Ukrainian attacks as Kyiv urges silence over the long-awaited counteroffensive. Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says at least 485 children have been killed in the war, warning the real number may be much higher.
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Russia has stepped up its attacks in and around Ukraine's capital of Kyiv. Ukrainian Ambassador Oksana Markarova joined "Face the Nation" to discuss the war.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in an interview Saturday with the Wall Street Journal that "we are ready" for a looming counteroffensive against Russian forces.
Debora Patta filmed a battalion of Ukrainian troops carrying out live-fire exercises. A tactical infantry team advanced on 'Russian' positions situated in a valley. A two-man unit gave covering fire from nearby hills as three drones buzzed overhead feeding back real-time intelligence to a nearby reconnaissance team. The unit has been involved in some of the fiercest fighting in Bakhmut and other towns and cities along the eastern frontline. Patta spoke with an officer who said the battalion was honing its skills while taking a break from the frontline.
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Investigators say they found evidence of a "deliberate plan" by Russia to subject Ukrainian civilians "to inhumane living conditions."