Russia vastly and deliberately undercounted dam flooding deaths, probe finds

The dam explosion left many houses underwater (AP)

An investigation has found that Russian authorities vastly and deliberately undercounted the dead in one of the most devastating chapters of the 22-month war in Ukraine – the flooding that followed the destruction of the Kakhovka Dam in the southern Kherson region.

Russia said 59 people drowned after the catastrophic explosion in the territory it controls in June.