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Russia’s attack on the Krivoy Rog dam could be a response to the Ukrainian Armed Forces counter-offensive in the south

Several districts of the city have been evacuated.

Analysts at the Institute for the Study of War do not rule out that a severe blow hydraulic structures in the Dnepropetrovsk region, Russia wanted to prevent a counter-offensive by the Ukrainian armed forces in the south.

This is stated in the report ISW.

The Ingulets River is an important geographical feature of the ongoing counter-offensive by Ukrainian troops along the Kherson-Nikolaev border, experts noted.

“Russian forces are likely to aim at damaging Ukrainian pontoon decks downstream, especially in light of recent reports that the Ukrainian Armed Forces are looking to expand their foothold across the river in the Davydov Brod area such as part of the ongoing counter-offensive in the Kherson region “, analysts explain.

Russia has launched a series of Kh-22 missile attacks from strategic aircraft for the hydraulic structures of Krivoy Rog.

Previously, there were no casualties, but several districts of Krivoy Rog remained without water.

Locals have also reported a rise in the water level in the Ingulets River. In connection with what several areas of the city were evacuated.

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The counter-offensive by the Ukrainian Armed Forces has continued in the Kherson region since the end of August. Currently under the control of the fire of the Ukrainian armed forces almost the entire regionsaid Natalia Gumenyuk, head of the joint coordination headquarters of the press center of the Defense Forces of Southern Ukraine.

However, the Ukrainian forces continue liberate the occupied areas of the Kharkiv region and repel enemy attacks in the direction of Donetsk.

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