Kakhovka Dam Explosion Exposes Tensions in Ukraine

Ukraine's deputy defence minister has accused Russian forces of blowing up the Khakhovka dam to prevent Ukrainian troops from advancing in the southern Kherson region. The action unleashed a vast flood which inundated towns and villages, trapped residents and swept away entire houses. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Saturday that counteroffensive and defensive operations were taking place in Ukraine, and a military spokesman has said that counterattacking Ukrainian forces have advanced up to 1,400 metres at a number of sections of the front line near the eastern city of Bakhmut.