Ukraine Counterattack Faces Flooded Front Line
The destroyed dam at the Kakhovska hydro-power plant in Ukraine on June 6.
Source: Ukrainian Presidency
The question of whether Ukraine’s counteroffensive to repel Russia from its territory is underway appears to have been settled with the explosion at a dam providing water to the Crimea peninsula and one of Europe’s biggest nuclear plants.
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy blamed Moscow for blowing up the dam along the Dnipro river in southern Ukraine, a move interpreted as a pre-emptive strike by Russia to slow the advance of Kyiv’s forces after fighting erupted across the more than 1,000-kilometer frontline. The Kremlin denied responsibility.