Damage breached dam close to the Ukrainian city of Kherson

Damage breached dam close to the Ukrainian city of Kherson

The depth of the harm done to a Ukrainian city by Vladimir Putin's Russian troops is revealed in horrifying photos.

Drone footage shows how the Donetsk city of Marinka, which once had a population of 10,000, has been reduced to ruins, with building remnants being encircled by debris as a result of repeated attacks.

When Russian forces and Donbas separatists first captured Marinka, which is located by an important road and rail link extending into the western The 18 million cubic meters of water that the 30-meter-high Nova Kakhovka dam holds back are stored in a large reservoir.

It sits about 20 miles upstream from Ukrainian-held Kherson, but modeling suggests if blown it would affect the islands in the Dnipro River delta and the Russian-held southern bank.