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Russia accused Ukraine at the International Court of Justice, on Thursday, of destroying the Kakhovka dam with artillery strikes. Moscow’s comments came after Ukraine declared that Russia blew up the large dam at Nova Kakhovka. According to Ukraine’s officials, the flooding has affected an area of around 600 km sq, and hundreds of thousands of people have been left without drinking water. The Ukrainian army has used drones to drop water bottles and food to some residents. Two thousand people have been evacuated from the area so far.
Earlier on Tuesday, the Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine was ripped open after an explosion wreaking havoc and fuelling fears of vast and irreparable damage to life and ecology. The dam one of the biggest in Europe was holding nearly 18 cubic kilometres of water when it fissured, unleashing a torrent of water into cities, towns, and lowlands downstream affecting regions held by both Russia and Ukraine. The dam supplied essential drinking water and irrigation to a huge area of southern Ukraine and also provided water for cooling at Ukraine’s biggest nuclear plant.