Russian-installed official: Kyiv struck dam to distract from counteroffensive 'failures'

The Russian-installed governor of Ukraine's Kherson region said that Kyiv had struck the Nova Kakhovka dam to distract attention from what he said were the failures of the counteroffensive in the country's east.

In a video posted on Telegram, Vladimir Saldo said that a major evacuation would not be necessary as a result of the dam breach.

TASS citied emergency service as saying that Ukraine had struck the region with Storm Shadow missiles which had been supplied to Kyiv by Britain.