What We know About Nova Kakhovka Dam Destruction

Concern over the fate of the Nova Kakhovka dam had been building throughout the war before it was finally destroyed. The reservoir is an important irrigation source for farmers who depend on it to cultivate some of Ukraine’s most productive farmland. It supplies drinking water to Russian-occupied Crimea, the Ukrainian peninsula where Moscow’s Black Sea fleet is based. The destruction, when it came on June 6, could also affect the water supply to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, which relies on the reservoir to cool its reactors, experts say. A...