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So it's pretty clear that everybody lies during a war,

but it is unclear exactly who is telling the truth during a war.

So when you look at what's happening in Ukraine right now,

there are a slew of headlines that are coming out all the time

about Russian atrocities against Ukraine. A huge number of those are true. But Russia is also claiming Ukrainian atrocities

against Russians. And the latest atrocity that is claimed by the Russians against the Ukrainians

and the Ukrainians against the Russians is the blowing up of a massive dam. This is in

Mikhailava, Ukraine. According to the Wall Street Journal, a major dam and power station in a Russian-occupied part of Ukraine were destroyed on Tuesday, narrowing Ukraine's options for a planned counter-offensive in the South by unleashing a torrent of water that caused serious flooding. Now, here's the thing. It's very unclear who blew up this dam, and it is a massive dam. I mean, the film of the dam being blown up is pretty

astonishing. You can see it's flooding pretty much all the outlying areas. The Ukrainians are

saying that it was Russia and that the goal of the Russians blowing up a dam that is actually

in territory that they currently control is to force the closure of a Ukrainian counteroffensive that was likely to take place,

that essentially you flood the areas to the Ukrainians cannot attack the area.

Ukraine says that it forced the evacuation of thousands from dozens of towns and villages

on the Dynipro River and could create an aquatic buffer zone for Russian forces on the

southeastern bank.

Meanwhile, Russia is accusing Kiev of sabotaging the dam saying,

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