are pretty sturdy. and if they re well-maintained, they don t just collapse like that. whether or not this was well maintained, though, of course is an open question, because it was controlled by the russian side, and obviously, it s literally on the front line of a war. now, the russians, of course, blame the ukrainians. they haven t provided evidence, but there is some evidence that suggests that at least it wasn t russia. first off, some of the areas that were flooded were well known as staging grounds for unction troops. second off, ukrainian troops reported seeing russian troops being swept away by the floodwaters and some russian regiments being flooded. so if it was russia that was responsible for this, it s pretty odd that some of its people may have been caught offguard. that doesn t necessarily implicate ukraine either, because ukrainian shelling of the dam would be unlikely to cause it to collapse. maybe some damage on the top, some water lost, but certainly