Exchange of accusations between Kiev and Moscow, destroyed the hydroelectric plant. Thousands of people at risk.
It increases 'the risk of nuclear disaster' in Zaporizhzhia, which has lost its source of cooling. Ukraine calls for urgent meeting of the UN Council (ANSA). Russian forces blew up the Nova Kakhovka dam in the Moscow-controlled part of the Kherson region, the Kiev army said. The news was also confirmed by the Russian emergency ministry, which however accused Kiev saying that the dam was "partially destroyed"