Nova Kakhovka

The Minister of Environment and Water, Yulian Popov assured that the topic of water purity on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast no longer has grounds to be raised in connection with the tragedy at the "Nova Kakhovka" dam in Ukraine, after its wall was blown up.

The sea water along the Bulgarian Black Sea is safe for bathing and there is currently no evidence of impending pollution. This was stated by the chief state health inspector Assoc. Angel Kunchev in connection with concerns about sea water pollution after the spilling of the waters from the "Nova Kakhovka" dam into the Black Sea, BNT reported.

Bulgaria and 15 other European countries have offered help to Ukraine after the destruction at the Nova Kakhovka dam.

The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, confirmed that the counter-offensive of the Ukrainian army has begun.
More than 23,000 homes in 20 settlements in the Kherson region were flooded after the collapse of the Nova Kakhovka dam, the spokesperson of the regional emergency services announced.

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The humanitarian situation in Ukraine is "hugely worse" than before the Kakhovka dam collapsed, the U.N.'s top aid official warned Friday.

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Russia of destroying the Nova Kakhovka dam, which had disastrous consequences in the Kherson region.
"The destruction of one of the largest water reservoirs in Ukraine was certainly intentional. Hundreds of thousands of people were left without access to drinking water," he said.

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