About 600 sq km of Ukraine's Kherson region under water after dam destroyed
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00:00 More than a day after the destruction of the Khovka dam, Ukrainian leaders say they are
00:06 puzzled.
00:07 Dozens of villages have been flooded, water reservoirs are lost.
00:12 The Ukrainian president said he's in shock over the lack of reaction from his allies
00:18 and international bodies.
00:20 "What is needed now is a clear and quick response from the world to what is happening.
00:27 It is even impossible to establish for sure how many people in the temporarily occupied
00:32 territory of Kherson may die without rescue, without drinking water, without food, without
00:38 medical care.
00:40 Our military and special services are rescuing people as much as possible, despite the shelling."
00:47 Because many of the flooded areas are occupied by Russia, Ukrainians are struggling to evacuate
00:54 stranded residents.
00:57 Zelensky urges help with those evacuations to save lives.
01:02 He called on the Red Cross to deploy in the area.
01:06 Zelensky has called allies including Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Emmanuel Macron.
01:12 "Following that conversation, the crisis centre of my ministry is gearing up to send aid to
01:19 Ukraine in the coming days.
01:21 This includes several tonnes of emergency aid, including medicine, hygiene products
01:26 and water purifiers."
01:29 NATO will hold an emergency meeting on Thursday to coordinate operations in the region.
01:35 The IAEA has offered to intensify its role in the Zaporizhia nuclear plant to maintain
01:42 the cooling of its reactors and avert yet another catastrophe.