A satellite image shows the impact of the explosion of the Kakhovka dam in the Russian-controlled area of southern Ukraine. The infrastructure has been destroyed, unleashing a flood of water. Ukraine’s military and Nato have accused Russia of blowing up the dam, while Russia has blamed Ukraine.
Thousands of people are being evacuated from communities in the surrounding areas, with fears that any flooding could be catastrophic.
The Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant is in the city of Nova Kakhovka in Ukraine’s Kherson region, which is currently under Russian occupation.
It was built in the Soviet era and is one of six dams that sit along the Dnipro River, which stretches all the way from the very north of the country into the sea in the south.
It’s huge – locals call it the Kakhovka Sea as you cannot see the other bank in certain places. The dam holds water equal to the Great Salt Lake in the US state of Utah, according to Reuters.
The Kremlin condemned a deliberate act of sabotage by Kiev after partially destroying a hydroelectric dam in Kherson, a region partially held by Russian forces in southern Ukraine.
“This is undoubtedly a deliberate act of sabotage by the Ukrainian side, which was planned and executed at the behest of Kiev,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters, noting that he “categorically” rejects the Ukrainian authorities’ accusations that blame Moscow for the rupture of the Kahovka dam.
“All the responsibility lies with the Kiev regime,” Peskov insisted, adding that one of the goals of this action was to “deprive water of Crimea,” the peninsula annexed by Russia in 2014.
After the destruction of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station, beavers took to the streets in one of the districts of Kherson.
After the destruction of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station, beavers took to the streets in one of the districts of Kherson. pic.twitter.com/nohSwzeOCa
— Blackrussian (@Blackrussiantv) June 6, 2023
Ukraine War
The long awaited Ukrainian Counter offensive starts with massive defeats as Ukraine fails to re take any Russian positions.
Now huge swathes of the country under water following the destruction of a massive dam. Total carnage for Ukraine. Z pic.twitter.com/EpJEiKWYo6— Jim Dowson B.Th MA (@OfficialJDowson) June 6, 2023
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