The humanitarian situation in Ukraine is 맥스카지노�hugely worse맥스카지노� than before the Kakhovka dam collapsed, the U.N.'s top aid official warned Friday.Undersecretary-General Martin Griffiths said an 맥스카지노�extraordinary맥스카지노� 700,000 people are in need of drinking water and warned that the ravages of flooding in one of the world맥스카지노�s most important breadbaskets will almost inevitably lead to lower grain exports, higher food prices around the world, and less to eat for millions in need맥스카지노�This is a viral problem,맥스카지노� he said in an interview with The Associated Press. 맥스카지노�But the truth is this is only the beginning of seeing the consequences of this act.맥스카지노�The rupture of the Kakhovka hydroelectric dam and emptying of its reservoir on the Dnieper River on Wednesday added to the misery in a region that has suffered for more than a year from artillery and missile attacks.Ukraine holds the Dnieper맥스카지노�s western bank, while Russian troops control the low-lying eastern side, which is more vulnerable to flooding. The dam and reservoir, essential for fresh water and irrigation in southern Ukraine, lies in the Kherson region that Moscow illegally annexed in September and has occupied for the past year.Griffiths said the United Nations, working mainly through Ukrainian aid groups, has reached 30,000 people in flooded areas under Ukrainian control. He said that so far Russia has not given access to areas it controls for the U.N. to help flood victims.Video below: Floodwaters engulf more areas of southern UkraineGriffiths said he met with Russia맥스카지노�s U.N. ambassador, Vassily Nebenzia, on Wednesday to ask Russian authorities 맥스카지노�for access for our teams in Ukraine to go across the front lines to give aid, to provide support for 맥스카지노� Ukrainians in those areas.맥스카지노�맥스카지노�We're providing them with details as we speak, to enable Moscow to meet what we hope will be a positive decision on this,맥스카지노� he said. 맥스카지노�I hope that will come through.맥스카지노�The emergency response is essential to save lives, he said, 맥스카지노�but behind that you맥스카지노�ve got a huge, looming problem of a lack of proper drinking water for those 700,000 people맥스카지노� on both the Ukrainian-controlled and Russian-controlled sides of the river.There is also the flooding of important agricultural land and a looming problem of providing cooling water for the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, Europe맥스카지노�s largest, which had been supplied from the dam, he added.In addition, Griffiths noted that waters also have rushed over areas with land mines from the war 맥스카지노�and what we are bound to be seeing are those mines floating in places where people don맥스카지노�t expect them,맥스카지노� threatening adults and especially children.맥스카지노�So it맥스카지노�s a cascade of problems, starting with allowing people to survive today, and then giving them some kind of prospects for tomorrow,맥스카지노� he said. Griffiths said that because of the wide-ranging consequences 맥스카지노�it맥스카지노�s almost inevitable맥스카지노� that the United Nations will launch a special appeal for more aid funds for Ukraine to deal with 맥스카지노�a whole new order of magnitude맥스카지노� from the dam맥스카지노�s rupture. But he said he wants to wait a few weeks to see the economic, health and environmental consequences before announcing the appeal.Griffiths said he and U.N. trade chief Rebeca Grynspan are also working to ensure the extension of the Black Sea Grain Initiative, which Turkey and the U.N. brokered with Ukraine and Russia last July to open three Black Sea ports in Ukraine for its grain exports.More than 30,000 metric tons of wheat and other foodstuff has been shipped under the deal, leading to a decline in global food prices that skyrocketed after Russia's Feb. 24, 2022, invasion of Ukraine. It has been extended three times and is due to expire July 17.Part of the deal was a memorandum signed by Russia and the U.N. aimed at overcoming obstacles to Russian food and fertilizer shipments that Moscow has repeatedly complained are not being fulfilled.A key Russian demand has been the reopening of a pipeline between the Russian port of Togliatti on the Volga River and the Black Sea port of Odesa that has been shut down since Russia맥스카지노�s attack on Ukraine. It carried ammonia, a key ingredient of fertilizer.맥스카지노�Opening that pipeline and delivering ammonia across the Black Sea to the global south is a priority for all of us,맥스카지노� Griffiths said. 맥스카지노�Ammonia is an essential ingredient for global food security.맥스카지노�A rupture in the pipeline was reported from shelling late Tuesday, but Griffiths said the U.N. couldn맥스카지노�t confirm it because the pipeline is in the middle of a war zone.맥스카지노�We, of course, are very, very strongly of the view that we need that repaired as quickly as possible,맥스카지노� he said. 맥스카지노�So let맥스카지노�s hope it맥스카지노�s not too badly damaged.맥스카지노� He said the Ukrainians have told the U.N. they will get to the pipeline, which is on their territory, 맥스카지노�as soon as they can.맥스카지노�Griffiths said the Ukrainians see opening the pipeline as part of a package that would also include Russian agreement to open a fourth Black Sea port at Mykolaiv to export more grain.Negotiations have been taking place in recent weeks, including at a meeting Friday in Geneva between U.N. trade chief Grynspan and Russia's deputy foreign minister Sergey Vershinin.맥스카지노�We're not there yet,맥스카지노� Griffiths said. 맥스카지노�I hope that we'll make it.맥스카지노�