On today’s episode of The Backstory, host Lee Stranahan discussed current events including the destruction of the Kakhovka dam, and the Florida judge blocking the ban on transitioning kids.
KHERSON, Ukraine: Thousands were fleeing their homes Wednesday after the destruction of a frontline Russian-held dam in Ukraine flooded dozens of villages and parts of a nearby city, sparking fears of a humanitarian disaster.
While Ukraine blames Russia for the destruction of the key dam, the Kherson region mayor accused Kiev of destroying the dam to mask the counteroffensive failures.
norad. investigating it. i didn t even say that, it s common practice when dod conducts an operation to take a look and walk through a sort of a hot wash of it, i ll let them speak to whether they are doing that and what that looks like. that s not. my question for you on it is look at the timing and the data from the plane, seems like the intercept happened after the plane had flown over washington, d.c., would that from your understanding an intentional choice or was that an issue of a plane catching up and trying to get there. i don t know, i ll refer you to dod. john, on the dam explosion, can you speak to the president s engagement on this when he was briefed and is he ordering the declassification of some of the information that would help be able to reveal publicly who the u.s. suspects was behind this? the president was certainly kept informed of the event