Russian occupation authorities vastly and deliberately undercounted the dead in one of the most devastating chapters of the 22-month war in Ukraine -- the flooding that followed the catastrophic explosion that destroyed the Kakhovka dam in the southern Kherson region, an AP investigation has found. Russia said 59 people drowned in the territory it controls after the dam collapse on June 6. The AP investigation found the number is at least in the hundreds in the Russian-occupied town of Oleshky alone, among the most populous in flood-affected areas with around 16,000 residents at the time, according to Ukrainian officials.
AP Concludes Hundreds Died In Floods After Ukraine Dam Collapse, Far More Than Russia Said
An aerial view of the destroyed Kakhovka dam in June