urkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called for an international expert commission to investigate the explosion that destroyed Kakhovka dam in the Kherson region of Ukraine.

He spoke to the presidents of Ukraine and Russia on Wednesday about the incident that has affected hundreds of thousands of people.

Mr Erdogan had this week proposed that Turkey and the UN could be involved in the investigation to provide a detailed report on the incident.

During a phone call with the Turkish leader, Russian President Vladimir Putin alleged authorities in Kyiv were behind "a barbaric act which has led to a large-scale environmental and humanitarian catastrophe", the Kremlin said. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told Mr Erdogan the consequences of the attack that Kyiv blames on "Russian terrorism" were devastating.

Rishi Sunak, the UK Prime Minister, said it was too early to declare Russia responsible for the attack. "We can't say that definitively yet," he said. "But if true, if it does prove to be intentional, it will represent a new low."