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On today’s episode of The Backstory, host Lee Stranahan discussed current events including the destruction of the Kakhovka dam, and the Florida judge blocking the ban on transitioning kids.
KHERSON, Ukraine: Thousands were fleeing their homes Wednesday after the destruction of a frontline Russian-held dam in Ukraine flooded dozens of villages and parts of a nearby city, sparking fears of a humanitarian disaster.
While Ukraine blames Russia for the destruction of the key dam, the Kherson region mayor accused Kiev of destroying the dam to mask the counteroffensive failures.
Constitute as a war crime, destroying a structure which supplies water to millions of people, drinking water, as i say, on both sides of ukraine-controlled territory and russian-controlled territory, but also it was identified very early on by president zelenskyy that the dam was seized by russia right at the start of the war, in february, and they have maintained possession of it up until now. president zelenskyy warned in october and urged the west to take action to try and protect the dam because he warned then that he feared it would be used to -- as a weapon against civilians. >> that's s...
That our viewers need to be aware of. on the other hand, those floodwaters are rising extremely quickly. just in the short period of time today, that water went up considerably. and the other thing is the russian army is very close to this place. there is constant shelling going on here. in fact, be as i'm speaking to you right now, i'm hearing those thuds in the distance. this comes as ukrainian officials are saying they believe that more than a thousand houses are underwater just in the ukrainian territories of the flood zone. >> fred, thank you very much, live in kherson in the midst of tha...