Kiev blames Russia for the destruction of the Kakhovka Dam in southern Ukraine. Russia suspects Kiev itself behind the "deliberate sabotage" 24 villages have been flooded by the masses of water.

Russia's goal is to slow down a Ukrainian counteroffensive, according to a German military expert.. In the Ukraine war, a catastrophe occurs with the explosion at the Dnipro Delta dam. The dam is located on currently Russian-occupied territory in south Ukraine. The area is now flooded and a counteroffensive has already begun.