Maxar said images taken on Friday showed several bridges crossing the Dnipro River were also damaged. Ukrainian troops greeted jubilant residents in the center of Kherson after Russia abandoned the city. “Satellite images this morning … reveal significant new damage to several bridges and the Nova Kakhovka dam following the Russian retreat from Kherson across the Dnipro River,” Maxar said in a statement. It said parts of the northern span of the dam and the gates of the dam had been “deliberately destroyed”. Earlier this week Russia accused Ukraine of bombing the dam. Both sides have repeatedly accused each of planning to breach the dam using explosives, which would flood much of the area downstream and likely cause major damage around Kherson. It was the only regional capital Russia had captured since its forces invaded neighboring Ukraine in late February. Report by David Ljunggren. edited by Grant McCool Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
