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back upstream, you can t really see what is left of the dam and hydroelectric plant. so who did this? russia controls this area, but blames ukraine. kyiv is in no doubt. translation: the kakhovka hydroelectric power station. l it was an absolutely deliberate, prepared explosion. they knew exactly what they were doing. translation: tonight, i the kyiv regime committed another terrorist crime. the kakhovka hydroelectric dam was blown up, which led to the flooding of significant territories. so what is the significance of the dam? it provides water to huge swathes of agricultural land, including in crimea, and the reservoir behind it provides water to cool the zaporizhzhia nuclear plant further up river. both areas are under russia control. the reservoir is huge. the dnipro river is especially wide here. 150 miles long, and up to m miles across. this is what the dam looks like undamaged. our colleagues at bbc verify say this image of a smaller breach was taken just days ag ....
controls and rush occupies. close to dnipro s mouth is her son. when artillery road didn t take long to find out what life is like. is kherson. when our team arrived. russia may have retreated here last year but they aren t far away. it takes a lot in this place to meet people leave. back upstream you can t see what is left of the dam and the hydroelectric plant. russia controls this area but blames ukraine. kyiv is in no doubt. translation: the powerstation was a prepared explosion. they knew exactly what they were doing. tonight the kyiv regime committed another terrorist crime. the h dro another terrorist crime. the hydro is another terrorist crime. the hydro is that another terrorist crime. the hydro is that was another terrorist crime. the hydro is that was grown up, leading hydro is that was grown up, leading to flooding of several territories. so leading to flooding of several territories. territories. so what is the significance territories. so what ....
the bbc finds evidence of major success in clamping down on opium growing in afghanistan. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. thank you for being with us. we start in ukraine, and the attack on a crucial dam in the south of the country. thousands of people have been forced to evacuate, because of rising flood waters. the dam sits between russian held territory to the south and ukrainian territory to the north. kyiv says that moscow is to blame, and so do nato and the eu, which has called the destruction a war crime . at a un meeting, russia has accused ukraine of sabotage. the uk prime minister, rishi sunak has said to kherson now, and this report from our ukraine correspondent, james waterhouse. i think it is still if you go by what us officials are saying just today it is still in its early phases. it has started nevertheless where ukrainian forces, small new units are probing different parts of this vast front line. they re trying ....
water starting to come up. they are expecting a nine-foot tide here around noon. flood stage in this area is around seven feet. the roads right now look pretty good, very little rain, very little wind at the moment but they re expecting all of that to change. the big concern here is that tide and the storm surge. those two things together. the storm surge and that landfall for ian is meant to come around the same time as that tide. depending upon where it hits, that could really push a lot more water into charleston, charleston county. charleston is now at its highest level of alert. they are warning anyone at lower levels to watch what is going on, seek higher ground if necessary. they are already starting to shut down roads in charleston itself. so they are prepared for whatever ian has. it s just not clear how big a punch it s going to take here in south carolina. back to you. all you can do now is wait. mig ed marquez in charlton, we ll come back to you shortly. l ....
A breach of a barrier designed to protect. this is the major kakhovka dam failing to contain a reservoir resembling a sea. the waters of ukraine s dnipro river surge downstream, towards dozens of towns and villages. this is effectively a front line, which separates territory ukraine controls and and russia occupies. close to the dnipro s mouth is the city kherson. people were worried this fighting could become catastrophic. when our team arrived this afternoon, it didn t take long to find out what life here is like. it s dangerous , says katalina. and then. explosion. russia may have retreated here last year, but they re not far away. it takes a lot in these parts to make people leave. ....