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Brief-While Kyiv itself has not confirmed that it has launched the much-awaited spring counter-offensive against Russia, one analyst said that “by the sounds of it, it has”.

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  • Russia has more reason to have caused the collapse of a huge Soviet-era dam on the Dnipro River separating Russian and Ukrainian forces in southern Ukraine, analysts said on Wednesday (Jun 7), a day after the incident.
  • He noted that the Russians initially claimed the dam was critically damaged as a result of shelling from the Ukrainian side, but Russian sources later confirmed there was no shelling on the night of the incident.

He noted that the Russians initially claimed the dam was critically damaged as a result of shelling from the Ukrainian side, but Russian sources later confirmed there was no shelling on the night of the incident.

“There was some sort of internal explosion and since the dam was controlled by the Russian military, you can kind of draw some sort of conclusion,” he told CNA938’s Asia First.

He added the rising levels of the Dnipro river are an advantage for the Russians as it may hinder a possible amphibious assault by the Ukrainians.

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Mr William Courtney, adjunct senior fellow at United States think tank RAND Corporation, similarly said that the Russians were trying to impede crossing of the Dnipro river by Ukrainian forces.

However, he said he would not call it a counter-offensive because in the majority of areas where Ukraine launched this operation, the Russians were sitting in defensive positions.
FILE PHOTO: Smoke rises over a fuel tank following an alleged drone attack in Sevastopol, Crimea, April 29, 2023. REUTERS/Stringer

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He noted that the Russians initially claimed the dam was critically damaged as a result of shelling from the Ukrainian side, but Russian sources later confirmed there was no shelling on the night of the incident.
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