![]() The Russian ministry had also said Monday its troops repelled a "large-scale offensive" by Ukrainian forces in southern Donetsk. ![]() Russia's Defense Ministry said Tuesday (local time) that Ukrainian forces carried out a military operation in southern Donetsk on Monday in an attempt to advance, but that the advance was stopped after the Ukrainians suffered "heavy losses." It is impossible to say who is responsible for the damage caused to the dam at this time.ĭrone footage, released June 5 by the Russian Defense Ministry shows a burning armored vehicle in an unidentified location. The video posted on social media has been geolocated by CNN.īoth Russia and Ukraine have since October 2022 repeatedly accused each of planning to breach the dam using explosives, according to Reuters. The flooding could lead to the deaths of thousands of people, according to Russian state media on Tuesday. The torrent of water seen escaping from the dam in the video has the potential to cause major destruction around Kherson city and other populated areas along the Dnipro River, according to analysts who have been fearing this breach could occur in the fighting. ![]() However, the Russian-installed mayor of Nova Kakhovka, Vladimir Leontiev, on Tuesday denied information about the dam collapsing in an interview with Russian state media RIA Novosti, calling it "nonsense." Ukraine's Operational Command South on Tuesday confirmed the dam's destruction in a post on their official Facebook saying they were assessing the scale of the destruction and calculating likely areas of flooding. ![]() Drone video emerged late Monday showing a deluge of water gushing from a sizable breach in the Nova Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine. ![]()
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