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The dam after it suffered a collapse. early tuesday. led to mass evacuations amid flooding in towns and cities downstream. including kherson. officials say that more than 1300 homes along the west bank there of the dnipro river appear to be already underwater. now while kyiv and moscow accused each other of being responsible for the clouds, they also acknowledge the destruction will cause severe environmental damage. cnns sam kiley has more. >> a new phase in russias war on ukraine, a dam under ...

Massive evacuations are happening this hour in southern ukraine. an important dam on the dnipro river destroyed overnight. one ukrainian official accused russia of destroying the dam to, quote, create obstacles for any ukrainian counteroffensive. russia is blaming ukraine. video shows water gushing through the destroyed portion of the dam you can see there. i want to show you another angle that we have pulled in. you can also see what looks like a geyser shooting up into the air. some of the dam...

Now it has been entirely breached with this disastrous flooding downstream. kate? >> yeah, a lot of questions still as youre offering very important context around all of this of what is behind what caused -- if there is someone to blame for what were seeing unfold right now. its very much developing right now as we speak. thank you, sam. sara? >> the significance of the dam in southern ukraine cannot be overstated. it bridges the dnipro river holding back a huge reservoir of water, the volume n...

It, too, has been totally destroyed. this could make ukraines energy problems even worse than they already are. russian forces have consistently targeted ukraines electrical grid since the start of their unprovoked invasion. lets talk about the military significance of this region. people know the area were talking about here, were talking about southern ukraine, i can push in now specifically on the river, you can see the river flowing right here. this is the dam and this is kherson. that cit...