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Dam disaster is set to transform the geography and ecology of Kherson region

Experts say ecosystems might be lost, farmland turned into desert, and water supplies contaminated

Ukrainian security forces help to unload local residents from a boat during an evacuation from a flooded area in Kherson on Thursday, following damages sustained at Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant dam. Photograph: Aleksey Filippov/AFP via Getty Images
Ukrainian security forces help to unload local residents from a boat during an evacuation from a flooded area in Kherson on Thursday, following damages sustained at Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant dam. Photograph: Aleksey Filippov/AFP via Getty Images
Christopher Miller in Kyiv and Ben Hall in London
Thu Jun 08 2023 - 11:34 • 4 MIN READ
Ukraine Crisis