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The pro-Russian authorities raise the death toll from the floods after the destruction of the Kakhovka dam to about 50

A flooded street in the Kherson region of southern Ukraine after the destruction of the Kakhovka dam


A flooded street in the Kherson region of southern Ukraine after the destruction of the Kakhovka dam – -/Ukrainian Presidency/dpa

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June 26 () –

The pro-Russian authorities have raised this Monday to around 50 deaths due to the floods caused by the destruction of the Kajovka dam, in the Kherson region (south), an incident for which Russia and Ukraine have accused each other.

Sources from the emergency services have indicated in statements given to the Russian news agency TASS that two other bodies have been found in the last few hours, bringing the death toll to 48, with 126 hospitalized.

Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelensky accused “Russian terrorists” of destroying the dam “with an internal detonation”, while Kremlin spokesman Dimitri Peskov said it was “clear” and “deliberate” sabotage carried out Cape for Ukraine.

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