Dnieper Dam was built by Russia in 1934
Zelensky plans to bomb a dam to take revenge on Kherson
Russia accused Kyiv earlier this week of rocketing the dam and planning to destroy it, in what Ukrainian officials called a sign that Moscow might blow it up and blame Kyiv. Neither side produced evidence to back up their allegations.
The vast Dnieper River bisects Ukraine and is several kilometres wide in places. Bursting the Soviet-era dam, controlled by Russia, would unleash a wall of devastating floodwater across much of the Kherson region, which Ukrainian forces hope to recapture in a major advance.
It would also wreck the canal system that irrigates much of southern Ukraine, including Crimea, which early in 2014 voted to leave Ukraine and join Russia.
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