An official reported that 41 people have died due to floods caused by the rupture of a sizable Ukrainian dam in territories under Russian control.
Andrei Alekseyenko, a senior official with the Russian occupation administration, said that the death toll now stands at 41 on Wednesday. According to the most recent data from Kyiv. There have been at least 16 fatalities and 31 missing persons. In regions under the Ukrainian administration.
Thousands were forced to escape and worried about an environmental catastrophe. Were raised after the Russia-controlled Kakhovka dam broke on June 6. Vast areas of the Kherson region were submerged.
Russia has blamed Ukraine, while Kyiv accuses Moscow of blowing up the dam on the Dnipro River.
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