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Michel looks through some camouflage netting near his home in Kherson.

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Ukraine's troops long planned their move on Russian forces. Then came the flood

5:00am June 22, 2023

Soldiers spent months making clandestine trips across Ukraine's Dnipro River to plan the counteroffensive. Instead of facing off against Russian forces, this unit found itself fighting floodwaters.

A resident walks on Sunday in a flooded street after the Kakhovka Dam burst and unleashed floodwaters, in Kherson, Ukraine.

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Latest in Ukraine: The counteroffensive is on, so is massive flooding

1:39pm June 12, 2023

by Alex Leff

Catch up on key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, Europe's largest, is seen in the background of the shallow Kakhovka Reservoir. Water levels in the reservoir have been falling rapidly after a critical dam collapsed.

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A Ukrainian nuclear plant is facing a water shortage

5:01am June 10, 2023

by Geoff Brumfiel

The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant used a large reservoir for cooling water. Now that reservoir is rapidly draining.

The remains of the Kakhovka Dam as seen by satellite on June 7, 2023. Seismologists claim to have seen an explosive signal around the time of the dam's collapse.

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Seismic stations detected explosion at Ukrainian dam around the time it collapsed

3:19pm June 08, 2023

by Geoff Brumfiel

A Norwegian organization says that two seismic networks it oversees saw an explosion at the war-torn Kakhovka dam in Ukraine around the time it failed.