- Thousands have been forced to flee after a dam exploded in Russian-occupied Kherson on Tuesday.
- A video shared online shows a house being washed down the Dnipro River.
A dramatic video shows a large house floating down the Dnipro River in Ukraine hours after the Nova Kakhovka dam was blown up in the city of Kherson on Tuesday.
The destruction of the Nova Kakhovka dam has caused massive flooding downstream and prompted evacuations of thousands of people in the surrounding areas, Reuters and The Guardian reported.
The video, which was first published on Telegram and has since been verified by the BBC, shows the red roof of the large house as it is flushed down the Dnipro River. The water appears to be brown and murky.
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The house in the video was later identified by BBC reporter Adam Robinson, who shared aerial pictures of it from June 2020.
In the images, the house is seen on a large and sprawling compound with a swimming pool and a wide-ranging view of the river.
Russia and Ukraine have accused each other of destroying the dam.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Tuesday called Russia "terrorists" and said that the incident "confirms for the whole world that they must be expelled from every corner of Ukrainian land."
Meanwhile, Kremlin spokesperson, Dmitry Peskov, told reporters: "We can strongly reject this. We officially declare that here we are definitely talking about deliberate sabotage from the Ukrainian side," Al Jazeera reported.
About 22,000 people live in areas at risk of flooding in Russian-controlled areas, while 16,000 live in the most critical zone in Ukrainian-held territory, according to official tallies.
Dr. Stephen Hall, a politics lecturer at the University of Bath, told Insider that the explosion is a "humanitarian disaster" that will have several implications in the weeks to come.
"People are going to be wading through water for a long time because it will take a while for the Dnipro to go back into its channel," he told Insider. "People will be flooded out, homes will be ruined."
"There's obviously the possibility of waterborne diseases because this water won't be drinking water," he added.