Evacuations under way in Ukraine

Almost 80 towns and villages could be affected by the flooding caused by the destruction of a dam on the Dnipro river.

Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukraine’s president, has accused Russia of blowing up the hydro-electric plant “from the inside”.

The Kremlin has denied this and claims it was a “deliberate act of sabotage” by Kyiv.

Neither claims have been verified yet.