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'Just lower the water!' Flood fatigue in the village that halted Russia

Early in Russia's invasion, the Ukrainian army destroyed a dam to slow Moscow's advance towards Kyiv.

DEMYDIV, Ukraine: More than a year after the Ukrainian military flooded his village to halt Russia's lightning march on Kyiv, Ivan Kukuruza's basement is still submerged and his patience is running out.

Authorities sacrificed his hamlet of Demydiv, 35 kilometres (22 miles) north of Kyiv, last February by blowing up a nearby dam in a bid to bog down Russia's invading army.

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