Four major irrigation canals in southern Ukraine drying up due to Kakhovka dam disaster

As a result of the Kakhovka dam’s collapse earlier this month, four major irrigation canals are drying up, according to the BBC.

Before Russia’s 2022 invasion, the canals provided irrigation for 5,800 square kilometers (about 2,240 square miles) of farmland, which yielded about 2 million metric tons of grain and oil seeds per year, according to the Ukrainian government. The canals were also a source of drinking water to large parts of southern Ukraine.