Ukraine’s military has reportedly accused Russian forces of blowing up a major dam in the Moscow-seized south of the country.
Thousands of houses has been confirmed to be flooded.
The military said “the scale of the destruction” of the Kakhovska Hydroelectric Power Plant on the Dnipro river was now being analysed.
A Russian-installed local official said only the plant’s upper was destroyed by shelling – but not the dam itself.
Both claims have not been verified.
The Soviet-era Kakhovska HPP is located in the city of Nova Kakhovka in Ukraine’s Kherson region.
The city and other areas on Dnipro’s left (eastern) bank are currently under Russian occupation.