Irish Examiner View: Russian claims over Kakhovka dam lack credibility

As the aggressor in this conflict, responsible for thousands of deaths and huge destruction across Ukraine, how can Russia be taken seriously when it makes accusations of any kind?

The damage to the Kakhovka dam has been described as the biggest ecological disaster in the region since the nuclear explosion at Chernobyl. Picture: Aleksey Filippov/AFP)  

The breach of the Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine, a strategically important facility, has given the war in that country yet another twist.

The breach has already been described as the biggest ecological disaster in the region since the nuclear explosion at Chernobyl, and its impact on the environment has been disastrous across several fronts.