Blowing up the dam of the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant (HPP) will have a greater impact on the Russian-controlled coast, but at the same time it would hinder a possible river-forcing operation, Jānis Sārts, director of NATO’s Center of Excellence for Strategic Communication, said on social media.
Although the two warring sides insult each other in blowing up the dam, Sārts believes that it is Russia’s handiwork.
“The impact is greater on the Russian-controlled coast, but such a step would prevent a possible river-crossing operation.
I think a lot of civilians will die, ” said Sārts.
On Tuesday, the 6th of June, Russian troops blew up the dam of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant (HPP) in the Kherson region, Oleksandr Prokudin, head of the military administration of the region, announced.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine has indicated that residents of Kherson’s Korabel district and ten villages should be evacuated.
The Kakhovka HPP is under the control of Russian troops, but after the dam was blown up, the territories on the right bank of the Dnieper, controlled by Ukraine, and on the left bank of the Russian-occupied territory are flooded.
The South command of Ukraine’s Armed Forces has stated that, according to the information available to it,
EVACUATION IS ALSO ORGANIZED IN THE TERRITORIES OCCUPIED BY RUSSIA.
Dmytro Kuleba, the Foreign Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine stated that the explosion of the Kakhovka HPP is probably the biggest technological disaster in Europe in recent decades, which threatens thousands of civilians.
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