Dam breach could be Ukraine’s ‘worst ecological disaster since Chornobyl’
by Jonathan Watts from Environment | The Guardian on (#6C308)
Former minister makes grave warning as scientists wait for water to subside before assessing impact
Ukrainian scientists are waiting for the water to subside before fully assessing the environmental impact of the Kakhovka dam breach, but one former minister warned it could prove the country's worst ecological disaster since the Chornobyl nuclear meltdown.
Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, called an emergency meeting of his security council after the partial collapse of one of the biggest dams in the world. The country's public prosecutor said it is investigating a possible case of ecocide".
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