Major dam is destroyed in Ukraine

Ukrainian officials in that hersan region say the water levels are continuing to rise there was a thought that they may Peak earlier today but officials now saying they will rise the water levels will rise about three feet over the course of today and then stay there for about four or five days that is going to make evacuations very very hard but the focus today absolutely on getting people to Higher Ground to safer gun we are seeing videos literally of people sitting on their rooftops waiting for evacuations wading through Water Swimming through water president zielinski who called this a war crime he called this Eco side and he called this a terrorist attack he says up to 80 Villages may be affected now we also spoke with an expert about that actual physical structure of the dam what remains of the dam and he said he expects it to continue to deteriorate that means that more and more water May flow Downstream at faster speeds over the next 48 72 hours here in Kiev though there's a real growing frustration among Ukrainian officials that the Americans and U.S officials have not come out and strongly blamed Russia for the attack Ukrainian officials are very clear about their perspective they say it was absolutely Russian who did it and not only that they said it was Russia doing this to really block off that southern front route for Ukrainian troops in advance of a counter-offensive but president zelenski very clear that no attack would hinder their counter-offensive plans to deoccupy and retake territory currently occupied by Russia Molly Hunter NBC News Keith

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Published: Wed Jun 07 2023