The day before, an observer of the war in Ukraine wondered about the tempo of the counter-offensive. "Launching it on June 6, D Day, it would look good!" he said as the fighting on the front seemed to be intensifying. Russia claimed to have repelled attacks without it being possible to verify these claims... The hypothesis of a hoax was not to be excluded. A few hours later, the sabotage of the Kakhovka dam surprised the Western staffs and upset the prospects like a kick in the anthill.
Kiev and Moscow accuse each other of being behind the explosion. "We must be careful before attributing responsibility," recommends a French military source. "This outrageous act demonstrates once again the brutality of Russia's war in Ukraine," NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said. In military circles, there is a tendency to the hypothesis of mining the building...
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