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The Kakhova dam was blown up on Tuesday. Screenshot/Twitter/@ZelenskyyUa
The Kakhovka dam was destroyed on Tuesday, releasing a flood of water into southern Ukraine.
Russia and Ukraine are accusing each other of blowing up the dam.
Its destruction poses dire consequences to the millions living to its south, and the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant.
A major hydroelectric dam in Russian-occupied Kherson was destroyed on Tuesday, spilling torrents of water into residential areas and the war zone.
Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin in 2017. SERGEI ILNITSKY/POOL/AFP via Getty Images
Wagner Company leader Yevgeny Prigozhin scoffed at the Kremlin's reports of big wins in Ukraine.
To kill 1,500 soldiers, as Moscow claimed, Russia would need to take 93 miles of land every day, he said.
He dismissed the tally as "wild and absurd science fiction," further antagonizing the Kremlin.
Yevgeny Prigozhin, the leader of the Russian mercenary company that fought in Bakhmut, says he's not buying Moscow's claims that it inflicted heavy losses on Ukrainian troops in Donetsk.
Gavin Newsom and Ron DeSantis. Monica Schipper/Getty Images for Bloomberg Philanthropies, Sean Rayford/Getty Images
Gavin Newsom accused Ron DeSantis of dumping migrants in California.
Newsom floated kidnapping charges for DeSantis on Twitter, and called him a "small, pathetic man."
The California governor has publicly criticized his Florida counterpart numerous times.
California Gov.
Martha Stewart clapped back at the New York Post after they said she only owned 16 peacocks. Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images
Domestic goddess Martha Stewart is jumping on the anti-remote work bandwagon.
'You can't possibly get everything done working three days a week in the office and two days remotely,' she told Footwear News in a recent interview.
A remote work vs return-to-office war has been brewing for years between employees and employers.
Sen. Ted Cruz. Drew Angerer/Getty Images
Ted Cruz preached tolerance for the LGBT community during a Twitter spat with a pastor.
"Let he that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her," Cruz tweeted.
Cruz recently also condemned Uganda's harsh new anti-gay legislation.
Sen. Ted Cruz on Monday cited the Bible and quoted verses from the book in defense of the LGBTQ community, a stark departure from his decidedly conservative position on gay rights.