On June 6, damage to the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant, located in Ukraine’s Kherson region, released some 18 cubic kilometers of water from the Kakhovka Reservoir, putting 42,000 people at flood risk. At least 29 towns and villages along the Dnipro River have been flooded so far.
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