Ukrainian City Flooded After Missiles Hit Dam

Ukrainian officials say as many as eight Russian missiles hit the dam on Wednesday.

Officials say Russian missiles have hit a reservoir dam near the southern Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih.

City head, Oleksandr Vilkul said residents in some areas were told to evacuate but added the situation was under control.

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

President Volodymyr Zelensky – who was born in the city – described Russia as a “terrorist state” after the attack on the Karachunivske reservoir.

“You are weaklings who fight civilians,” Mr Zelensky said in his late-night address on Wednesday.

“Scoundrels who, having escaped from the battlefield, are trying to do harm from somewhere far away.”

This was an apparent reference to Ukraine’s recent military successes in a swift counter-offensive in the country’s north-eastern Kharkiv region.

It has seen Ukraine’s army reclaim swathes of occupied territory, forcing Russian troops to retreat.

In his speech, Mr Zelensky said the reservoir had “no military value at all”.

However, Russia has not publicly commented on the reported missile strikes but has repeatedly denied targeting civilians.

BBC/Maxwell Oyekunle

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