Explosions destroyed a vast Soviet-era dam in Russian-controlled southern Ukraine overnight, unleashing a wall of water amid signs that Kyiv’s summer counter-offensive was under way. Russian and Ukrainian forces blamed each other for blowing up the Kakhovka dam,

Ukrainians fled to trees and rooftops last night to escape flooding caused by the collapse of a dam Kyiv says was blown up by Russia. Hundreds of thousands are said to be without normal access to clean drinking water following the breach,

Water was surging through the critical Kakhovka dam Tuesday, unleashing flooding that could threaten hundreds of thousands of residents, as well as a nearby nuclear plant.

The collapse of a critical dam on the Dnipro River has prompted evacuations due to rising floodwaters in the Russian-occupied Kherson region in southern Ukraine. Follow live updates here.

The destruction of the Nova Kakhovka dam on Tuesday unleashed a humanitarian catastrophe, but it may only be a minor military setback for Ukraine.

Ukrainian President Zelensky demands emergency meeting of UN Security Council to discuss incident, which could be a tactical move by Russia to make frontline impassable