🔥 Destruction

Russian forces destroyed the Kakhovka dam in June 2023, leading to mass flooding and evacuation in Kherson Oblast.

June 1, 2023 Chonhar, Kherson Oblast

Likely Reported by 3 independent sources

Kyiv Independent Kyiv Post UNIAN

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Entities

Kakhovka dam (location) Chonhar Strait (location) Russian military (organization) Russian occupation authorities (organization) Russian-controlled emergency services (organization) Chonhar Bridge (location) Ukrainian Armed Forces (organization) Storm Shadow (weapon_system) 47th Mechanized Brigade (military_unit) Leopard 2R (weapon_system) Leopard 2A6 (weapon_system) M-2 Bradley (weapon_system)

Source Reports

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Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Russian forces destroyed the Kakhovka dam in June 2023

Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

Last month, Kyiv military officials confirmed that Ukraine was responsible for hitting the Chonhar Bridge in late June, adding it was carried out with UK-supplied Storm Shadow cruise missiles.

UNIAN → Source tone: certain

In June 2023, Ukrainian forces began their counteroffensive in southern Ukraine with the 47th Mechanized Brigade leading the way

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Extracted: 2026-05-30T04:25:26.774Z

Source story: 2-years-of-russia-full-scale-war