The material reported that the Armed Forces of Ukraine blew up the dam in order to try to stop the advance of the Russian military.

“Now part of the city is a huge puddle,” the text says.

Earlier, the acting head of the DPR, Denis Pushilin, said that there was no significant harm from the blowing up of the dam in Artyomovsk by Ukrainian troops.

In turn, Pushilin's adviser Yan Gagin said that the emergency at the facility would not affect the offensive of the Russian Armed Forces.