The Latest Breaking News from Flood

The Kakhovka dam ruptured on Tuesday leaving thousands of people without normal access to drinking water. A local rescuer said floodwater may have also been contaminated with corpses from cemeteries

It comes as emergency services and aid agencies seek to help the thousands caught up in flooding

Ukrainians are abandoning their inundated homes as flood waters crested across a swathe of the south after the destruction of a vast dam.

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Firefighters protected other buildings with sandbags, and urged people to avoid the area

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Russian saboteurs are prime suspects for blowing up Ukrainian Kakhovka dam, triggering massive floods, and forcing thousands to flee for their lives, but Moscow may also be planning to attack the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant

Deputy prime miniser says floodwater has disturbed mines planted earlier by Putin’s troops