Ukraine's Dam Collapse Tragedy and Aftermath.

At least 16 people are dead and 31 are missing in flooding from the Nova Kakhovka dam collapse in southern Ukraine, which destroyed villages, flooded farmland, and cut power and clean water supplies to tens of thousands of people. The cause of the collapse is unclear, with Kyiv accusing Russia of blowing up the dam ahead of a planned Ukraine counter-offensive, while Russia accuses Ukraine of launching "mass artillery attacks" on the structure. The area surrounding the dam has been heavily contested since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, and the reservoir supplies water to large swaths of southern Ukraine, including to the Crimean peninsula which Russia illegally annexed in 2014.