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Why Ukraine’s drained Kakhovka Dam is strategic for Russia

Small groups of Russian soldiers have been inching forward through the vast, drained Kakhovka reservoir since they blew up the dam in June 2023. Russian forces are infiltrating this “no man’s land” for reconnaissance purposes rather than for a future military offensive, said a military expert.

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Russians are using age-old military tactic of flooding to combat Ukraine’s counteroffensive

On the morning of June 6, 2023, thousands of Ukrainians awoke to the sounds of rushing water following an explosion at the Kakhovka dam on the Dnieper River.

The Conversation

Kakhovka dam breach threatens nuke plant

The immediate situation is becoming very precarious

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Ukraine’s long-term future to be on agenda at Sunak and Biden meeting

The Prime Minister said there was still no ‘definitive answer’ about whether Russia was responsible for the destruction of the Kakhovka dam.

The Independent UK

Fields of southern Ukraine could ‘turn into deserts’ after dam destruction

Agriculture ministry warns of greater disaster next year, with global implications, from loss of Kakhovka reservoir

The Guardian - UK

France to send aid to Ukraine for dam disaster, says Macron

France will send aid to Ukraine “within the next few hours”, said President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday following a phone call with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky. A day after the destruction of the Kakhovka dam, rescue teams rushed to evacuate people as floodwaters peaked. Read our live blog to see…

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Russia-Ukraine war: counteroffensive not yet launched, says senior official; UK ‘cannot yet say Russia responsible for dam destruction’ – as it happened

Secretary of Ukraine’s National Security and Defence Council dismisses claim counteroffensive has begun; up to 42,000 people at risk following destruction of the Nova Kakhovka dam

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Ukraine's Zelenskiy says dam destruction is 'environmental bomb of mass destruction'

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy described the bursting of the Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine on Tuesday as "an environmental bomb of mass destruction" and said only liberating the entire country could guarantee against new "terrorist" acts.

Reuters

‘A biblical deluge’: people along Dnipro river wake up to catastrophe

Nova Kakhovka dam effectively ceased to exist on Tuesday morning – and soon the devastation became apparent

The Guardian - UK

Situation at nuclear plant under control after dam blast - Ukraine atomic agency

The destruction of the Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine poses a threat to the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, but the situation at the facility is under control, Ukraine's state atomic power agency said on Tuesday.

Reuters

Why Crimea is Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s greatest bargaining chip

As Boris Johnson makes an intervention on the status of the peninsula, will Ukraine really insist on Russia giving it back?

The Guardian - UK

Russian administrators leave second city of Ukraine's Kherson region

Civil servants working for the Russian-installed administration in Nova Kakhovka, the second-largest city in Ukraine's southern Kherson region, have left along with thousands of residents due to fighting, officials said on Tuesday.

Reuters

Ukraine's Russian-held Nova Kakhovka dam damaged in shelling -Russian media

Ukraine's Russian-held Nova Kakhovka dam was damaged in shelling by Ukrainian forces, Russian news agencies reported on Sunday, citing emergency services.

Reuters

Blowing up dam would only slow Ukrainian advance by two weeks in south - spy chief

Russia will slow Ukrainian troops' advance in the south by just two weeks if it blows up the vast Kakhovka dam, but such a move would flood territory occupied by Moscow and lose it a vital water canal for annexed Crimea, Kyiv's military spy chief said.

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Russia-Ukraine war: US pledges ‘unwavering commitment’ to Ukraine; Zelenskiy accuses Russia of delaying grain ships – as it happened

Lloyd Austin and Sergei Shoigu also agree to maintain lines of communication; Ukrainian president says Russia delaying ships’ passage

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