Evacuations Begin After Kakhovka Dam Blast

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (C) holds an emergency meeting of the National Security and Defense Council on the situation at the Kakhovka after the dam blast overnight, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, June 6, 2023. While both Ukrainian and Russian oficials accused each other of destroying the Nova Kakhovka dam in the Russian-controlled part of the Kherson region, Ukrainian authurities started the evacuations from several villages on the right bank of the Dnipro River due to a high risk of flooding. Meanwhile, the Russian-installed administration in the region plans evacuations from three Russian-controlled districts near the dam. Photo by Ukrainian President Press Office/ UPI