Zelenskiy visits flooded area after dam collapse

STORY: Moscow, which launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, and Kyiv blamed each other for the destruction of the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Station and dam on Tuesday, which unleashed flood water from the Dnipro River.

Zelenskiy visited a road crossing in Kherson where people were being evacuated.

He also met local authorities to discuss "the operational situation in the region as a result of the disaster, evacuation of the population from potential flood zones, elimination of the emergency caused by the dam explosion, organization of life support for the flooded areas," Zelenskiy said on the Telegram messaging app.

"Also, the prospects for restoring the region's ecosystem and the operational military situation in the man-made disaster area, " he added.

Kherson lies on the Dnipro, about 37 miles downstream from the Kakhovka dam.