A move of “desperate vandalism”. That’s the view of Robert Fox, the Standard’s Defence Editor, on the destruction of the Nova Kakhovka dam on the Dnipro River, which Volodymyr Zelensky has blamed on Vladimir Putin.
The UK blamed the dam breach on Russia’s invasion, but has thus far stopped short of directly accusing Putin of blowing it up. Meanwhile, EU president Charles Michel called it a “war crime,” adding: “We will hold Russia and its proxies accountable.”
