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Kakhovka Dam Attack Shows Russia Knows It Will Lose Crimea: Zelensky

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« The Russian occupiers have already realized that they will have to flee Crimea, » Ukraine’s president said Tuesday after the dam was destroyed.
Russia’s purported attack on the Kakhovka dam near a hydroelectric power plant indicates that Moscow is preparing to lose control of Crimea, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
The Kakhovka dam, which lies on the Dnieper River in the Russian-controlled Kherson region of southern Ukraine, was blown apart following multiple explosions on Tuesday. The Kremlin has denied responsibility, blaming Kyiv for allegedly launching an attack on the dam instead.
Since the dam supplies fresh water to the Crimean peninsula, its destruction has caused some to speculate that Russian President Vladimir Putin has effectively given up on the disputed territory, which was annexed by Russia in 2014.
Zelensky described the destruction of the Kakhovka dam as a war crime and an example of « ecocide » in a televised address to his nation Tuesday night.

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