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Ukraine military says ‘scale of the destruction’ and potential flooding from destroyed dam is being clarified.
Ukraine’s military said that Russian forces have blown up a large dam in southern Ukraine, while the Moscow-installed official in the city of Nova Kakhovka in the Russian-controlled part of the Kherson region denied the claim.
“The Kakhovka [reservoir] was blown up by the Russian occupying forces,” the South command of Ukraine’s Armed Forces said on Tuesday on its Facebook page.
“The scale of the destruction, the speed and volumes of water, and the likely areas of inundation are being clarified,” the army said.
The Reuters news agency was unable to immediately verify the Ukrainian statement.
Earlier, a Russian state news agency quoted the Moscow-installed mayor of Nova Kakhovka as denying the reports.
“Everything is quiet and calm, there is nothing at all,” Russia’s TASS agency cited Vladimir Leontiev as saying.
More to follow soon.
