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now it has been entirely breached with this disastrous flooding downstream. kate? yeah, a lot of questions still as you re offering very important context around all of this of what is behind what caused if there is someone to blame for what we re seeing unfold right now. it s very much developing right now as we speak. thank you, sam. sara? the significance of the dam in southern ukraine cannot be overstated. it bridges the dnipro river holding back a huge reservoir of water, the volume nearly equal to the great salt lake. the dam stands nearly 100 feet tall and is about two miles long. there are multiple towns and cities, as you just heard, downstream, including kherson. water from the reservoir supplies the crimean peninsula to the south which was annexed by russia in 2014, as well as the zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, europe s largest. the dam is also part of a nearby hydro electric power plant. ukraine s energy operator says

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