Dam Busting: Russia Accused of Using Water as a Weapon, Thwarting Ukrainian Counter-Offensive in Kherson Region

‘From a tactical point of view,’ Kyiv ‘can forget about an offensive in Kherson,’ one Russian observer says after the destruction of a major dam across ‘Ukraine’s Mississippi.’

Maxar Technologies via AP
The breached Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine, June 5, 2023. Maxar Technologies via AP

Russia, by blowing up a major river dam across the Dnipro today, as Ukrainian and Western officials contend, has unleashed millions of gallons of water to block a Ukrainian cross-river offensive, turning 100 miles of front line into swamp.

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