Ukraine warUkraine homes and crops flooded as damage from burst dam spreads
Farmland will be turned 'into desert,' officials warn
A satellite image shows a grain warehouse inundated in Kherson, in southern Ukraine. Half a million hectares of farmland could be lost in the flooding, according to authorities. © Maxar Technologies
TAKAYUKI TANAKA, Nikkei staff writer
VIENNA -- Flooding from a burst dam in southern Ukraine has now engulfed a 600-sq.-kilometer area and has damaged crops, homes and infrastructure, while jeopardizing Kyiv's ability to mount a counteroffensive to reclaim territory lost in the war with Russia.