Ukraine homes and crops flooded as damage from burst dam spreads

Farmland will be turned 'into desert,' officials warn

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.

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