Ukraine accuses Russia of blowing up Dnipro River dam, which has largely been swept away
Drone footage also appears to show the river at roof height in an unidentified settlement, presumably on the Russian-controlled left bank.
For its part the Kremlin on Tuesday accused Kyiv of sabotaging the dam to deprive Russian-controlled Crimea of the fresh water it receives from the reservoir and to distract attention from the counteroffensive.With so little known about Ukraine’s much-vaunted counteroffensive, that question remains unclear.
Both the dam area and the delta are seen as vulnerabilities for Russian forces, and the flooding has put paid – for now at least – to any potential Ukrainian attempt to cross the Dnipro River around Kherson/Nova Kakhovka by widening the barrier separating the two forces.Russian defensive positions have already been concentrated on higher ground on the southern bank, at Olekshy and Hola Prystan.
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