Although the exact cause of the Kakhovka dam dam breach remains unknown, Russia has consistently used its 'firehose of falsehoods' disinformation model to muddy waters over its alleged war crimes in Ukraine.
the dam was not intentionally blown up but succumbed to the Russian occupiers “criminal negligence.”
Western media outlets have been running articles of the “what is known so far” variety. Time Magazine, for example,Those articles include comments from the Kremlin, which has accused the West of carrying out “a coordinated disinformation campaign” to pin the dam’s destruction on Russia.
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