Ukraine and Russia have reportedly requested emergency meetings of the UN Security Council on the blowing up of the Kakhovka dam, which has put tens of thousands of people at risk of flooding. View on

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,

The destruction of the Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine has decimated riparian wildlife, according to a Ukrainian conservation group.

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.