Interior of abandoned Ukrainian town flooded after huge dam exploded in Russia

Russian saboteurs are prime suspects for blowing up a Ukrainian dam, triggering massive flooding and forcing thousands to flee for their lives, all by endangering the largest nuclear power plant in Europe< /p>

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Ukraine: images of the destruction of the Kakhovka dam

Images have emerged of flooded towns after an alleged Russian attack caused the rupture of the dam that supported Ukraine's largest reservoir.

A brief video shows swans swimming in the eerily quiet town of Nova Kakhovka, which was previously just a road without water.

Russian saboteurs are prime suspects for blowing up a Ukrainian dam, triggering massive floods and forcing thousands to flee for their lives, all while endangering Europe's largest nuclear power plant.< /p>

It is unclear what caused the breach in the Kakhovka dam - which was already damaged - but both sides blamed each other.

Ukraine blamed Russian forces for blowing up the facility, while Russian officials blamed Ukrainian military strikes.

An aerial view of the dam of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station after its partial destruction. (

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TWITTER/@ZelenskyyUa Twitter acc)

Rishi Sunak has warned that the destruction of the dam could be "the biggest attack on civilian infrastructure" during the war in Ukraine.

As he flew to Washington DC for talks with President Biden, the Prime Minister said, "Our military and intelligence agencies are currently investigating it, so it's too early to make a definitive judgment.

"But what I can say is that if it is intentional, it would represent, I think, the biggest attack on civilian infrastructure in Ukraine since the beginning of the war, and would simply demonstrate the new lows that we would have seen from Russian aggression.

“Attacks on civilian infrastructure are appalling and reprehensible. So far, we have seen examples of this in this conflict, but it is too early to say for sure.”

The 98-foot-tall dam and associated hydroelectric power plant is located in Russian-controlled territory along the Dnipro River, approximately 71 km east of the city of Kherson.