CNN —The collapse of the Nova Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine is one of the biggest industrial and ecological disasters in Europe for decades.
Satellite images of the Nova Kakhovka dam before its collapse (left, on June 5) and after the disaster (right, on June 7).
The Ukrainians point out that the facility has been under Russian control for the past year, making it easy for Russian forces to plant explosives.
But much of the east bank of the river south of the Nova Kakhovka dam remains under Russian control.
Maxar Technologies/APThere are also suggestions that the dam collapse took at least some Russian forces by surprise.
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