UNICEF warns of humanitarian impact following dam collapse

A local resident makes her way through a flooded road after the walls of the Kakhovka dam collapsed overnight, in Kherson Source: AAP / Evgeniy Maloletka/AP

Damian Rance, the Chief of Communications and Advocacy for UNICEF Ukraine, talks to SBS's Sam Dover from his base in Kyiv. He explains the massive humanitarian impact of the destruction of the Kakhova dam on Ukraine, and its people.

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Published 8 June 2023 7:30am

Updated 8 June 2023 8:49am

By Sam Dover

Source: SBS News

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Damian Rance, the Chief of Communications and Advocacy for UNICEF Ukraine, talks to SBS's Sam Dover from his base in Kyiv. He explains the massive humanitarian impact of the destruction of the Kakhova dam on Ukraine, and its people.

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