in kharkiv. they are blaming each other for serious deconstruction. what do we know about what happened and what is being done i guess to save lives and property here? reporter: the exact cause of a substantial explosion that destroyed this hydroelectric power dam that holds up the dnipro river remains under investigation. of course ukrainians say russian pre-mined it, in other words set explosives on that dam. and that the ukrainian side of the dam had been regularly subjected to shelling. rather the ukrainian bank. so that had been under russian control. but nonetheless 80 settlements the government here saying are being affected as this vast amount of water is unleashed. huge amount of the water of course that has been built up over the winter months, melt water building up the size of the dnipro river now being unleashed downstream, likely to affect kherson or parts, districts of the city recappturd by ukraine last year. but most of the flooding is likely to be to the e
water building up the size of the dnipro river now being unleashed downstream, likely to affect kherson or parts, districts of the city recappturd by ukraine last year. but most of the flooding is likely to be to the east of the river according to experts and that is where it is russian-held territory. until recently at least territory used by gun emplacements, artillery placements to shell places like kherson and other west bank ukrainian held parts of the river. now, the russians are saying that it was not them that was behind this and another thing very crucially here, that the water supply for crimea is for the time being secured. but that in the long term simply isn t the case. once the dam is blown, there is a fresh water canal that links
that dam to russian occupied crimea and over the long term, that, a various large region of occupied territory, will be very seriously struggling for water. fascinating. bring us more when we have more details. thank you so much. significant step in the justice department investigation of former president trump for possible mishandling of classified documents and obstruction. sources tell cnn special counsel jack smith personally took a meeting monday with trump s legal team in what appears to be the final stages of the probe. katelyn polantz has more from washington. reporter: the top federal prosecutor investigating donald trump and the way he handled classified documents after he left the presidency, that prosecutor took a meeting on monday with a team of defense lawyers representing donald trump. they all met at the justice department headquarters in washington, d.c. along with a
they captured it in the early days and now they have lost it. and they are now beginning they say to evacuate civilians from the other side of the river because that is likely to become deeply and violently contested as least with artillery. and it is important for the russians to maintain control of the head quaers of the fresh water canal which comes off the dnipro on the east side there and supplies their troops and civilians in the cry mean peninsula. sam kiley in kyiv, thanks for that great context. more now from scott in london with a different angle here. related but different. russia has been pretty unpredictable to say the least concerning the agreement allowing the shipment of grain that goes through the black sea. now president erdogan is going to discuss with vladimir putin the possibility of a peace deal. i m curious what the likelihood