welcome to verified live,three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. of breaking stories, and checking the authorities in ukraine say more than 40,000 people are at risk from flooding, after a major dam in the south of the country, was attacked and collapsed yesterday. presdent putin has blamed ukraine for the attack calling it a barbaric act . while kyiv and moscow blame each other, once again it s civilians paying a heavy price for russia s war. this is the scene in the city of kherson entire houses and streets submerged underwater. some people waiting to be rescued in affected areas have been forced to spend the night on their roofs or in trees as the waters rose. the dam supplies water to large tracts of agricultural land, including in crimea. and the reservoir behind it provides water to cool the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant further upriver. both areas are currently under russian control. united nations says the collapse of the dam wil
hello and welcome. welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories and checking out the truth behind them. let s start with a major story in ukraine with the authorities they are saying more than 40,000 people are at risk from flooding after that major dam in the south of the country was attacked and collapsed yesterday. we can bring you the latest on the story because in the last few minutes president putin has been discussing what has been happening in a call to the turkish president, calling the dam burst a barbaric act, kyiv s barbaric act. he has gone on to say it is a humanitarian and environmental catastrophe. he made those comments while talking to president erdogan. those comments being relayed from the kremlin. and of course it is pretty much the usual tactics from russia s president with any major situation like this, constant denial. those are the latest comments from president putin. let s get more on what we have found out and what is happening on the
we thought this was the bank of the river dnipro, but it s not. you can see the top of a truck and a roof there. this is the level that the water has reached so far. authorities are really nervous it s going to go higher because of a surge further up the need river. one woman says her neighbours are trapped up there. victoria s house was destroyed in february. to translation: we was destroyed in february. to translation: was destroyed in february. to translation: ., ., w translation: we had to take the five do . s with us translation: we had to take the five dogs with us quickly. my dogs with us quickly. my brothers have dogs with us quickly. my brothers have paralysed. we all hope the flood have paralysed. we all hope the flood wouldn t be this severe. he s
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