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Huge explosions breach the Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine (www.economist.com)

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[–] lntl@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

From the npr article:

Neither side has provided proof that the other side did it. The dam was damaged late last year in an explosion, and in recent weeks it was under stress from record-high waters. Satellite photos showed water flowing over the top of the dam in the past week.

[–] FuzzyDunlop@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 year ago

Cool, the russian army is unable to defend their dam against an Ukrainian attack. What a bunch of newbies those russian soldiers are. A dam... not a building, a dam, a huge block of concrete and they were unable to even defend it.