Hello and welcome to the Intelligence from the Economist. I'm your host, Orre Bugumi.

Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

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First up, though.

A major evacuation is underway in the her son region of southern Ukraine this morning,

after a dam across the Nipro River was destroyed.

The torrents of water are cascading downstream and at least eight different towns and villages

have already been submerged by the rising tide. Despite protests from the Kremlin, Ukrainian

officials insist Russia is to blame.

The governor of the her son region warned that flooding would reach critical levels in

the coming hours and accused the Russian army of committing what he called another act

of terror.

Shaal Michelle, the president of the European Council, has also laid the blame with Moscow,

calling the destruction of the dam a war crime. The Kremlin may have a good reason to want

the area flooded and impossible. The attack has come at a time when all eyes are on a

much anticipated Ukrainian push into Russian occupied territory.

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