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The Guardian - UK
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Julian Borger in Kyiv and Dan Sabbagh in Zaporizhzhia

Ukraine accuses Russia of destroying another dam to slow counteroffensive

Soldiers walk along the bed of the Dnipro River in Novovorontsovka
Soldiers walk along the bed of the Dnipro River in Novovorontsovka in rescue and relief efforts for victims of the Kakhovka dam destruction. Photograph: Ed Ram/The Guardian

Ukraine has accused Russian forces of destroying another dam with the aim of slowing a counteroffensive launched by Kyiv.

As rescue and relief efforts entered their seventh day for victims of the destruction of the Kakhovka hydroelectric station in Kherson region, the Russian military was accused of blowing up a much smaller dam along the Mokri Yaly River, which has become the most successful axis so far for Ukraine’s advances in western Donetsk.

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