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Potential humanitarian crisis following Ukraine dam breach

Season 2023 Episode 157 | 8m 59s

Water is pouring through a giant gap in a dam in southern Ukraine. It gave way early Tuesday morning, forcing thousands of people to flee and touching off competing claims about the cause. Ukraine accused the Russians of blowing up the dam. Moscow claimed that Ukrainian shelling caused the rupture. Neither side offered any direct evidence, but the results were catastrophic. Amna Nawaz reports.

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