Second Russian troopers change into ‘stuck in tree’ after destruction of Kakhova dam
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ussian troopers grew to become caught in a tree after their very own military was accused of laying waste to Ukraine’s Kakhova dam.
Footage posted on social media exhibits a bunch of Russian troopers making an attempt to climb down from a tree – earlier than quickly realising they can’t as a result of dashing water beneath.
Ukraine has claimed that Russia blew up the dam from inside on Tuesday, accusing them of triggering an explosion that has turned the downstream areas right into a waterlogged wasteland. In response, Moscow has blamed navy strikes ordered by Kyiv.
Captain Andrei Pidlisnyi, an officer in Ukraine’s armed forces, instructed CNN on Wednesday that Russian forces have been swept away by floodwaters whereas attempting to flee following the collapse of the dam.
“All the regiments the Russians had on that side were flooded,” he mentioned.
He claimed that many Russian troops have been killed or wounded within the chaos.
In an announcement, Ukraine’s navy mentioned the flooding in Kherson had pressured Russian troops to retreat by as much as 15km and had “practically halved” Russian shelling.
The Standard couldn’t independently confirm the footage.
Hundreds of Ukrainians have been rescued from rooftops within the flood-stricken southern area of Kherson on Thursday after the destruction of the dam.
Drone video confirmed areas the place typically solely the roofs have been seen above the flooding.
The area’s governor mentioned some 600 sq. kilometres stays underneath water.
The dam collapse occurred as Ukraine ready a significant counteroffensive to recapture land occupied by the Russian military.
In its each day Ukraine briefing, the UK Ministry of Defence on Thursday reported heavy preventing alongside “multiple sectors of the front”, including that Kyiv held the initiative in most areas.
Russian shelling killed a civilian within the Ukrainian metropolis of Kherson, about 60 km downstream from the dam, on Thursday as folks have been being evacuated, Ukraine’s Prosecutor General mentioned.
Oleksandr Prokudin, head of the Kherson regional administration, mentioned about 1,700 folks had been evacuated in Ukraine-controlled areas as of Wednesday.