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Russia's Special Operation in Ukraine
On February 24, 2022 Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine, aiming to liberate the Donbass region where the people's republics of Donetsk and Lugansk had been living under regular attacks from Kiev's forces.

WATCH: Russian Army Continues to Aid Regions Hit by Ukraine Attack on Kakhovka Dam

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The upper part of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant located on the Dnepr River was damaged on 6 June by Ukrainian forces. Authorities in some of the affected areas evacuated the population.
Russia's Ministry of Defense has published footage showing members of the Russian services' Dnepr detachment who were among the first to come to the rescue of residents in the Kherson Region after Ukrainian forces destroyed the Kakhovka dam and flooded the surrounding area.
At present, Russia’s radiation, chemical and biological protection troops have begun disinfecting infrastructure affected by the post-attack flooding.
The Kakhovka HPP is the sixth and last stage of the cascade of Dnepr hydroelectric power plants located 5 kilometers (3.1 miles) from the city of Novaya Kakhovka in the Kherson Region.
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