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change "According to Mark Mulligan, professor of Physical Geography at University College London" to "According to Mark Mulligan, professor of Physical Geography at King's College London". Reason: The original BBC article being cited put him at the wrong university. He has done work on dams and his website at King's College London is https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/mark-mulligan Mabruce22 (talk) 12:50, 1 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Done. Swood100 (talk) 20:10, 1 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

AP report estimates hundreds of deaths in Oleshky alone[edit]

See here: [1]

69.156.166.201 (talk) 10:01, 28 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

According to AP Russia has covered up the true death toll[edit]

source https://www.genocidewatch.com/single-post/russia-covered-up-true-human-cost-of-floodings Monochromemelo1 (talk) 21:13, 4 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, disputed death tolls have been updated to reflect this. Tsarivan613 (talk) 23:23, 20 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

"Most experts agree that as between Russia and Ukraine, it is more likely that Russia attacked the dam."[edit]

This sentence is not very encyclopedic and very vague. Xxavyer (talk) 15:03, 6 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed. try this.... NewsAndEventsGuy (talk) 15:12, 6 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]