Villagers survey flooded homes and wait for help after Ukraine dam breach

Local resident Valery, 53, who didn't give his family name, gestures while standing in a flooded street near his house that submerged in water following the collapse of the Nova Kakhovka dam in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict, in the town of Nova Kakhovka in the Kherson region, Russian-controlled Ukraine, June 7, 2023. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko

NOVA KAKHOVKA, Russian-controlled Ukraine (Reuters) - Villagers on the Russian side of the front line in Ukraine surveyed the damage to their flooded homes from a massive dam breach and waited for help from the authorities on Wednesday, while people clamoured for information in chat rooms.

Russian-installed officials ordered residents of three districts to leave their homes on Tuesday as water surged from the collapsed Kakhovka dam, with Ukraine and Russia each accusing the other of blowing it up.