Local resident Vitaly, 26, whose house was submerged, sails a boat along a flooded street following the collapse of the Nova Kakhovka dam in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict, in the settlement of Korsunka in the Kherson region, Russian-controlled Ukraine, June 7, 2023. REUTERS/Alexander ErmochenkoA satellite image shows the Nova Kakhovka Dam and hydroelectric plant before its collapse, in Nova Kakhovka, Ukraine June 5, 2023. The Kremlin blames the collapse on Ukraine. Ukraine has 33 million hectares of farmland, according to the World Bank, so nearly 2% of that area may be under threat. Local resident Vitaly, 26, whose house was submerged, sails a boat along a flooded street following the collapse of the Nova Kakhovka dam in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict, in the settlement of Korsunka in the Kherson region, Russian-controlled Ukraine, June 7, 2023.

Source: Irish Independent June 08, 2023 08:55 UTC