Russians hit dam in Kryvyi Rih with missiles, Zelenskyy accuses enemy of 'trying to sow panic'

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Source: New Voice of Ukraine via Yahoo

Sources in the city, which is in southeast-central Ukraine, said seven cruise missiles slammed into the east end of the dam at around 5.05 p.m., just as air raid sirens began to wail. Later reports updated the number of missiles to eight.

Video of the results of the strike was soon posted on social media, showing extensive damage to a building and part of the dam structure. Another video showed high levels of water rushing down the Inhulets River, which passes through Kryvyi Rih and snakes down to join the Dnipro River in Kherson Oblast.

Posting on the Telegram messenger after the strike, Dnipropetrovsk Governor Valentin Reznichenko said there had been no casualties as a result of the attack on the dam, but that several structures had been seriously damaged and several districts of the city were left without water.

Read more: https://news.yahoo.com/russians-hit-dam-kryvyi-rih-125800413.html

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Ever since the Kharkiv counteroffensive, the Russians have been hitting infrastructure hard. Must be Russian desperation.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

1. Desperate to run up the bill for reparations. . . . nt

[TheBlackAdder]

22. He's like that toddler who can't finish his Lincoln Log house before bedtime so he smashes it.

[KS Toronado]

2. Hope nobody dies on account of flooding.

[FalloutShelter]

3. Class plan is to leave Ukraine

Uninhabitable if he can’t win. That is a scary thought for all of Europe.

[Evolve Dammit]

4. Putin will burn down anything he can and it is far from over. Suspect it is only the beginning and

really hope I'm wrong. If he dies, MAYBE it will change?

[Igel]

5. Maybe it's to deny water and power.

Maybe it's to repeat the dam ruptures that mucked up things for the Russians in the spring--force the Ukrainians to get stuck, whether for an offensive or just to thwart the ongoing counteroffensive.

[BootinUp]

6. That is insane. Nt

[honest.abe]

7. This is just the beginning.

Their focus will be civilian targets since the Russian military is incapable of winning against the Ukrainian military.

Evil bastards.

[TomSlick]

8. Putin is a war criminal. His commanders that ordered the strike are war criminals.

Putin and his commanders commit war crimes because they know they can. Ukraine may be able to regain its territory but it will never be able to bring Putin and the Russian commanders to justice.

Putin and his commanders will continue to commit war crimes unless and until the US and NATO makes it clear there will be consequences. So far, the US and NATO have only been willing to fight the Russians to the last Ukrainian. I have lost all hope that the US and NATO will ever take direct action to enforce international law.

Not only will the US and NATO not engage the Russians to stop war crimes, they forbid the Ukrainians to engage in counter battery fire across the Russian border at the threat of stopping to provide weapons. It is long past time to stop prohibiting the Ukrainians from protecting themselves from strikes originating across the Russian border.

[scipan]

23. I agree.

Bomb Russian military targets and their power structure. I wonder how far across the border Putin's dacha is.

[PortTack]

9. Ukraine may rout the russians much sooner than thought. Most military experts have nothing

But praise for the Ukrainian fighting forces including Gen Ben Rhodes. They do not think it will be a long protracted fight. One can hope!

[oldsoftie]

10. Guess its time to start doing the same in russia.

Spread the pain

[Lovie777]

11. Hopefully Russia will oust Putin..........

[LiberalFighter]

12. I do wish missiles hit Putin's home.

[localroger]

13. They got nothing else

They have had their asses handed to them on the battlefield so all they have left is the terror they can sow with their long-range weapons.

[AverageOldGuy]

14. Putin will continue this war on Ukraine's infrastructure . . .

. . . to the point that we will be forced to strike Russian infrastructure with cruise missiles fired from our fleet in the Med.

[tccturtle]

15. Since the video in the article is no longer up, I found it on YouTube. The vid speaks for itself.

The Google Translation of the video title is:

Shooting of the Kryvoy Rog dam. Consequences of Russian shelling of the Krivoy Rog dam.


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[Tom Yossarian Joad]

16. Evacuation plea as strikes hit major Ukraine dam / BBC

As many as 22 streets in two districts of Kryvyi Rih are affected, city head Oleksandr Vilkul warned on Wednesday.

Officials said a water flow of 100 cubic metres per second was gushing from breaches, and water levels in the Inhulets river were rising dangerously.

Ukraine said the strike was revenge by Russia for its recent counter-attack.

President Volodymyr Zelensky described Russia as a "terrorist state".

"You are weaklings who fight civilians," Mr Zelensky, who was born in Kryvyi Rih, said in his late night address on Wednesday. "Scoundrels who, having escaped from the battlefield, are trying to do harm from somewhere far away," he added.

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[Corgigal]

17. Just need one brave russian

to change the world. I’m sure the world will take care of any left behind loved ones.

Like our Republican Party, not one brave person among them,

[Strelnikov_]

19. A dam? With cruise missiles?

Actually, looks like they were tying to blow a gate.

That is some desperation, if true.

[Grins]

20. Surround it with Russian POW's

And around that nuclear energy plant.

Now blow them, Vlad.

[Mopar151]

21. He would be glad to!

Witnesses.....