Before-and-after photographs of the world downstream from a dam that collapsed Tuesday vividly present the extent of the devastation of a big, flooded swathe of southern Ukraine.

Before the Kakhovka dam on the Dnieper River broke, farm fields seem inexperienced and crossed by peaceable streets and farm roads and dotted with bushes. Afterward, solely metallic roofs and treetops poke above the murky water. Greenhouses and houses are virtually completely submerged.

The pre-collapse satellite tv for pc photographs had been taken in May and early June. Photos of the identical space taken after the dam collapsed clearly present how a lot of it has turn out to be unlivable. Brown water as excessive as folks covers a lot of the territory captured within the photographs.

Paired with unique drone footage of the Ukrainian dam and surrounding villages occupied by Russia, the before-and-after satellite tv for pc photographs illustrate the profound modifications wrought by the catastrophe.

Ukraine has warned since final October that the hydroelectric dam was mined by Russian forces, and accused them of touching off an explosion that has turned the downstream areas right into a waterlogged wasteland. Russia stated Ukraine hit the dam with a missile. But whereas the AP footage clearly exhibits the extent of the injury to the area, it supplied a restricted snapshot of the partially submerged dam, making it tough to categorically rule out any state of affairs.

Experts have stated the construction was in disrepair, which may even have led to its collapse.

PHOTOS: Before-and-after satellite tv for pc photographs present profound toll of Ukraine dam collapse

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