US intelligence points to Russia being behind Ukraine dam attack - NBC News

(Adds sourcing in NBC News reporting, timeline on potential declassification of information) WASHINGTON, June 6 (Reuters) - The United States government has intelligence leaning towards blaming Russia for the destruction of a massive dam in Ukraine, NBC News reported on Tuesday, citing two U.S. officials and one Western official.

(Adds sourcing in NBC News reporting, timeline on potential declassification of information) WASHINGTON, June 6 (Reuters) -

The United States government has intelligence leaning towards blaming Russia for the destruction of a massive dam in Ukraine, NBC News reported on Tuesday, citing two U.S. officials and one Western official. President Joe Biden's administration was working to declassify some of the intelligence and share it as early as Tuesday afternoon, NBC News reported.

A torrent of water burst through the massive dam on the Dnipro River that separates Russian and Ukrainian forces in southern Ukraine on Tuesday, flooding a swathe of the war zone and forcing villagers to flee. Ukraine accused Russia of blowing up the Nova Kakhovka dam while the Kremlin said it was Ukraine that had sabotaged the dam.