The United Nations has announced that Russia has refused aid to the population threatened by the collapse of the Kahovka dam in southern Ukraine, and Moscow says that this decision was made for security reasons.
The coordinator of UN humanitarian aid for Ukraine, Denise Brown, said last night that the organization was engaged together with Moscow and Kiev to alleviate the consequences of the destruction caused by the collapse of the dam, the Associated Press reports.
The Russian government "refused a request for us to access areas under its temporary military control. We call on the Russian authorities to act in accordance with their obligations under international humanitarian law," Brown said.
The Kremlin announced today that Russia's decision to reject United Nations aid in the areas of Ukraine under Russian control, flooded by the breaching of the Kahovka Dam, was motivated by "security and other threats", writes Reuters.
The Kahovka Dam on the Dnieper River was blown up on June 6, causing flooding across southern Ukraine and parts of the Russian-controlled Kherson region, with Ukraine and Russia blaming each other for its partial damage.
Some analysts saw the dam breach as an attempt by Russia to thwart Ukraine's counteroffensive in the Kherson region.
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