US government has intelligence 'leaning towards' Moscow being the culprit behind attack on Ukrainian dam
Two US officials and one Western official have suggested Russia is responsible for the attack on a dam in a Russia-controlled region of Ukraine, NBC News reported.
National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said the US government “cannot say conclusively” who was behind the attack, speaking to reporters at the White House on Tuesday. Thousands of residents living in low lying areas were ordered to evacuate as soon as possible on Tuesday, as the dam on the Dnieper River collapsed.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy described the bursting of the Nova Kakhovka dam as "an environmental bomb of mass destruction” and said the only guarantee against new “terrorist” acts is liberating Ukraine.
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