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Early this morning that the messaging coming out of moscow was very confused. i remember seeing, reading a report from the tass news agency on my phone about 6:30 this morning, which quoted the moscow imposed official in nova kakhovka saying that everything was peaceful and calm in the town. there was nothing going on at all. soon after that, another report from tass, quoting the same official saying, well, actually, no, there had been a terrorist attack during the night, missile strikes on the dam. his story completely changed. and then tass reported a source in the security forces saying, no, no missile strike. the dam had just collapsed. by lunchtime, people had seemed to agree on on an official version of events here. we heard it from president putin s spokesman, dmitry peskov. we heard it from the defence minister, sergei shoigu. and that is that as far as moscow is concerned, this was a terrorist attack by ukraine on the dam, as mr peskov said, a deliberate act of sabotage by the ....
On both sides of the river. inundating settlements our russia editor steve rosenberg gave me the view from moscow. in the last out of the white house has been giving his opinion. here is john kirby from the national security council. john kirby from the national security council. john kirby from the national securi council. ~ , , security council. we ve seen reports that russia was security council. we ve seen reports that russia was responsible - security council. we ve seen reports that russia was responsible for- security council. we ve seen reports that russia was responsible for the l that russia was responsible for the explosion at the dam. which i would remind russian forces took over a legally last year and have been occupying since banned. we re doing the best we can to assess those reports and we re working with ukrainians to gather more information. we cannot say conclusively what happened at this point. conclusively what happened at this oint. , ., point. let s get t ....
It was one of the largest reservoirs in ukraine. the flooding of the southern regions of our country has been ongoing since this night. at least 100,000 people lived in these areas before the russian invasion. at least tens of thousands are still there, 80 towns and villages are under water and evacuation has begun. these are just the initial consequences. unfortunately, the tragedy is much broader. 0n the other hand. russia is blaming ukraine. 0ur russia editor steve rosenberg is in moscow. i remember seeing a reading, a report from the tass news agency on my phone about 6.30am this morning, which quoted the moscow imposed official in novikov saying that everything was peaceful and calm in the town. there was nothing going on at all. soon after that, another report from tass, quoting the same official saying, well, actually, no, there had been a terrorist attack during the night, missile strikes on the dam. his story completely changed. ....
The initial consequences. unfortunately, the tragedy is much broader. 0n the other hand. russia is blaming ukraine. 0ur russia editor steve rosenberg is in moscow. i remember seeing a reading, a report from the tass news agency on my phone about 6.30am this morning, which quoted the moscow imposed official in novikov saying that everything was peaceful and calm in the town. there was nothing going on at all. soon after that, another report from tass, quoting the same official saying, well, actually, no, there had been a terrorist attack during the night, missile strikes on the dam . his story completely changed. and then tass reported a source in the security forces saying, no, no missile strike . the dam had just collapsed . by lunchtime people had seemed to agree on an official version of events here. we heard it from president putin s spokesman, dmitry peskov. we heard it from the defense minister, sergei shoigu. ....
Hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. ukraine s president volodymyr zelensky has said if his remaining troops in the besieged city of mariupol are killed by russian troops, peace negotiations would be over. his warning comes as the mayor of kyiv cautioned residents to be wary of further russian missile attacks on the capital. vitali klitschko has urged those who have fled the city not to return following another strike on saturday morning. meanwhile, we ve heard in the last hour via the tass news agency that russia s defence ministry has said that if ukrainian forces still fighting in mariupol lay down their arms at 6am local time, their lives will be spared. our correspondent mark lowen reports from kyiv. russian revenge. ....