Ukraine today claimed responsibility for an attack over the weekend that damaged a dam on a reservoir in the Russian region of Belgorodon the border with Ukraine.
The Ukrainian drones caused a crack in the structure and, as a result, the water level dropped by one meter, said the commander of the Unmanned Systems Forces of the Ukrainian army, Robert Brovdi.
Ukrainian media reported this weekend that the reservoir in the Russian region of Belgorod had been hit by rocket launchers. HIMARS rocketsa North American system that Ukraine has been using since the first year of the invasion.
Belgorod regional authorities declared on Saturday that the dam – on the Seversky Donets River – had been damaged by Ukrainian artillery fire.
According to the Belgorod authorities, the intention of the attack was completely destroy the dam, what would have caused floods in the adjacent area, where a thousand people live.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has repeatedly stated that Ukraine will respond to the Russian campaign of attacks on the energy system and to otherscivil installations of the country, this autumn, with similar bombings against Russian critical infrastructure.
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