KHERSON, Ukraine: Five residents of a Russian-occupied city next to a breached dam died in the massive floods triggered by the catastrophe, its Kremlin-appointed mayor said on Thursday, the first official report of deaths from one of the largest environmental crises to break out since Russia invaded Ukraine more than 15 months ago.

Vladimir Leontyev, the Russian-appointed mayor of Nova Kakhovka, told Russian state television that two other people who had gone missing following Tuesday's collapse of the Kakhovka dam had been found, and efforts were underway to evacuate them.

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