Eugene Simonov, Ukraine War Environmental Consequences Group, on the impact of the Kakhovka dam breach
The dam was built in 1956 on the Dnipro river as part of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant. Source: Supplied / Maxar
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The dam of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station, in the part of the Kherson region annexed by Russia, has been destroyed. In Ukraine, the incident was called "ecocide". SBS Russian spoke to UWEC's Eugene Simonov about the environmental consequences of the dam breach.
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