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The dam for a massive reservoir in southern Ukraine has been destroyed on a river that separates Russian and Ukrainian forces,
乌克兰南部一座大型水库的大坝于近日被毁，该大坝位于俄罗斯和乌克兰军队之间的一条河流之上，
surging floodwaters onto the battlefield, forcing villages to evacuate, and transforming the front line just as Ukraine appears to be carrying out its long-awaited counteroffensive.
汹涌的水流涌向战区，使当地村民被迫逃离，也改变了前线战局，此时正值乌克兰方面发动期待已久的反攻之际。
Russia has controlled the Nova Kakhovka dam since early in the war although Ukrainian forces captured the northern side of the river last year.
自战争初期以来，俄罗斯方面一直控制着新卡霍夫卡大坝，尽管乌克兰军队在去年一度占领了河流的北部区域。
Flooding had begun in some towns as of Tuesday morning.
截至周二上午，洪水已经开始涌向当地一些城镇。
The dam is 30 meters tall and once held back a reservoir 150 miles long, which supplies water to Crimea and the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, both of which are also under Russian control.
这座大坝高30米，拦截一个150英里长的水库，该水库为克里米亚半岛及扎波罗热核电站提供水源，这两个地区均在俄罗斯的控制之下。
Both sides are blaming the other for the breach and neither has offered immediate evidence of their claims.
俄乌双方均就此次大坝溃堤事件指责对方，但却都没有提供第一手证据。
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy says Russian forces destroyed the dam from the inside in what he calls a deliberate war crime, and that about 80 settlements are in the flood zone.
乌克兰总统弗拉基米尔·泽连斯基称，是俄罗斯军队从内部炸毁了大坝，他称之为“蓄意的战争罪行”，大约80个定居点目前处于洪水区当中。
The Ukrainian military says the objective was to prevent Ukrainian forces from attacking Russian troops on the other side of the river.
乌克兰军方表示，俄方炸毁大坝的目的是防止乌克兰军队袭击河对岸的俄罗斯军队。
Russian state media, quoting the Russian-installed governor, reported that 14 settlements were at risk in the Kherson region and 22,000 people.
而俄罗斯官方媒体援引俄罗斯任命的州长的话称，赫尔松地区有14个定居点和2.2万人处于危险之中。
The Kremlin says Ukraine sabotaged the dam to distract attention from what it calls its faltering counteroffensive.
克里姆林宫表示，乌方蓄意破坏该大坝，是为了转移外界对其进展不顺的反攻行动的注意力。
