Yes, the Ukrainian military had to blow up the dam in the northern suburbs of Kyiv, the city of Vyshgorod [source: https://www.npr.org/2022/09/06/1121201310/ukraine-flooded-vi...] That way, they safeguarded the area from Russian mechanical advancement. But some Russian hot heads still managed to get into the city and rode their tanks in the northern borough of Kyiv — Obolon.