The US says it is 'not certain' where the blame for the dam's destruction lies, but it does not make sense that Kyiv would unleash an environmental disaster on its own people.
"Such deliberate destruction by the Russian occupiers and other structures of the hydro-electric power station is an environmental bomb of mass destruction," Mr Zelenskyy said in his nightly video address.
The dam's collapse occurred just as Ukraine was poised to launch a counteroffensive and it could complicate the advance of its forces in any assault, analysts said.The United States said on Tuesday it was "not certain" who was to blame for the destruction of the dam, but it would not make sense for Ukraine to do this to its own people and territory.
UN secretary-general António Guterres said earlier on Tuesday that the world body did not have any independent information on how the dam burst, but described it as "another devastating consequence of the Russian invasion of Ukraine". "The deliberate sabotage undertaken by Kyiv against a critical infrastructure facility is extremely dangerous and can essentially be classified as a war crime or an act of terrorism," Mr Nebenzia told the council.
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