Kiev wants to carry out a vast counter-offensive in the south-east of the country, aimed at recovering territories occupied by Moscow. But the partial destruction of the Kakhovka hydroelectric dam, located in the Kherson region, could seriously thwart Kiev's plans.
Russia attributes this partial destruction - responsible for major floods - to "a series of night bombings" carried out by Ukrainian soldiers. Upstream of the dam, there is a vast reservoir 240 kilometers long and whose width reaches 23 kilometers in places.