A massive explosion is unleashed. if the dam collapses, it could cause massive flooding and quickly swamp over 80 settlements, including kherson. images from friday morning show sections of the dam were destroyed. the bbc could not verify the extent of the damage or who caused it. over in kherson city, there have been emotional celebrations after ukrainian forces arrived. people here have lived under russian occupation for more than eight months. many are still without power, water or the internet. however, retreating russian forces still pose a threat from across the dnipro river. we have been warned yesterday by our general staff of the ukrainian armed forces that russians are making new fortifications on the left bank side of the dnipro river, and there is a likelihood
That the kremlin s forces are making new fortifications on the left bank of the dnipro river, and there s also concern after satellite images show significant new damage to a major dam in the area. 0ur correspondent catherine byaruhanga sent this report from the capital kyiv. this is the vital kakhovka dam 36 miles north of kherson. it s one of ukraine s biggest hydroelectric power plants. under the cover of darkness, a massive explosion is unleashed. if the dam collapses, it could cause massive flooding and quickly swamp over 80 settlements, including kherson. images from friday morning show sections of the dam were destroyed. the bbc could not verify the extent of the damage or who caused it. over in kherson city, there have been emotional celebrations after ukrainian forces arrived.
After russian troops pulled out of the city of kherson on friday. ukraine regained control of the southern city but there are reports that the kremlin s forces are making new fortifications on the left bank of the dnipro river. and russia has chosen a port city in southeast ukraine to be, what it calls, the temporary capital of the kherson region. fears have also been expressed after satellite images show significant new damage to a major dam in the area. the bbc s, catherine byaruhanga, sent this report from the capital, kyiv. this is the vital kakhovka dam 36 miles north of kherson. it s one of ukraine s biggest hydroelectric power plants. under the cover of darkness, a massive explosion is unleashed. if the dam collapses, it could cause massive flooding and quickly swamp over 80 settlements, including kherson. images from friday morning show sections of the dam were destroyed. the bbc could not verify the extent
Pay. arthel: well, that happened in russia with crimea. nothing was done. what is the united states play here?where is this heading in the long term? the chinese realize we have defensive agreements with taiwan. we did not have defense agreements with the ukraine. what we did though have a something that was thrown under the bus. that is the united states, russia and the uk guaranteed ukraine their political sovereignty if they were to give up their nuclear weapons. which they did. then the russians took crimea which was part of ukraine at the time. at the time part of ukraine and that, really through the agreement under the bus. with taiwan, were that to happen, that would not be a leak in the dam it would be the dam collapsing. arthel: so, if the dam collapses, then perhaps there would be some sort of military action in which the united states would get in on taiwan s
Opposition honestly terrible. machine workers in mexico believe survivors of the recent earthquake remain trapped in the rubble of collapsed buildings. rescue crews are working nonstop to try and find people and free them. at least 298 people are now confirmed dead. the scene in puerto rico, buses are evacuating thousands of people in the northwestern part of that u.s. territory near a dam that is in imminent danger of failing. the governor there says a crack developed in the dam in the wake of the hurricane maria and heavy rains and floodwaters there. if that dam collapses, it is feared that water could surge into low-lying areas. iran says it successfully tested a new ballistic missile capable of carrying multiple warheads. it reportedly has a range that can reach israel, saudi arabia. president hassan rouhani says iran will keep strengthening its missile capabilities and military defenses. china says that it is immediately severing some trade