which were confirmed by the action in the form of shelling. Lol. 
Shelling with what? Confirmed by what sources? Russian?
AFAIK there are even reports from seismic watchers in Norway that there was an explosion at the dam, not shelling. US satellites confirmed the information with infrared sensors that detected a single explosion.
Also, according to reports from Ukraine the dam was rigged with explosives some time ago, long before the counteroffensive. This is consistent with the way Russians operate. They did the same in Zaporizhzhia power plant and almost blew it up when one of their mines exploded unintentionally near one of the buildings.
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Kovalchuk considered flooding the river. The Ukrainians, he said, even conducted a test strike with a HIMARS launcher on one of the floodgates at the Nova Kakhovka dam, making three holes in the metal to see if the Dnieper’s water could be raised enough to stymie Russian crossings but not flood nearby villages.
The test was a success, Kovalchuk said, but the step remained a last resort. He held off.
Since last summer, Ukraine has fired more than 500 shots at the dam of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station. There is also public evidence that Ukraine considered the plan to flood the valley downriver as one of the measures to influence Russia. Ukraine wanted to do it, Ukraine tried to do it many times, Ukraine did it. What's wrong?The test was a success, Kovalchuk said, but the step remained a last resort. He held off.
It's actually funny when you think of how Russians are bad at warfare. Digging trenches in irradiated soil of the Red Forest is probably their best achievement to date, but there were others.
One Russian soldier has reportedly been killed and another left injured after they were tricked into running into a house containing their own army's landmines by a Ukrainian prank call
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/russian-soldiers-blown-up-mine-27872198
According to some reports, a landing craft of the Black Sea Fleet D-106 is reported to have exploded when it hit one of the Russian navy’s own mines near Mariupol, the southern Ukrainian port city that Russia’s troops destroyed and now occupy.
https://defence-blog.com/russian-landing-craft-sinks-after-hitting-sea-mine/
In a video posted on Prigozhin’s social media channels, Lt Col Roman Venevitin, the commander of Russia’s 72nd Brigade, tells an interrogator that, while drunk, he had ordered his troops to fire on a Wagner convoy.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/05/wagner-group-release-video-of-captured-russian-commander
Glad you're having fun. If Russia is fighting so badly, where is Ukraine's successful counteroffensive? One Russian soldier has reportedly been killed and another left injured after they were tricked into running into a house containing their own army's landmines by a Ukrainian prank call
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/russian-soldiers-blown-up-mine-27872198
According to some reports, a landing craft of the Black Sea Fleet D-106 is reported to have exploded when it hit one of the Russian navy’s own mines near Mariupol, the southern Ukrainian port city that Russia’s troops destroyed and now occupy.
https://defence-blog.com/russian-landing-craft-sinks-after-hitting-sea-mine/
In a video posted on Prigozhin’s social media channels, Lt Col Roman Venevitin, the commander of Russia’s 72nd Brigade, tells an interrogator that, while drunk, he had ordered his troops to fire on a Wagner convoy.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/05/wagner-group-release-video-of-captured-russian-commander