Ukraine accused Russia Tuesday of Inflation up A large dam and hydroelectric power generation power station in Kherson region in southern Ukraine, which is controlled by Moscow.
Kyiv claimed that destruction can cause huge floodHundreds were displaced of thousands of people It ordered the residents to evacuate.
However, Russian news Quoted by the Russian agency TASS unspecified government official He said the dam “collapsed” because of the damage.
The Ukrainian authorities have already warned that the dam failure It can unleash 18 million cubic meters (4.8 billion gallons) of water and flood and Kherson scores of Other areas have hundreds of thousands of people liveas well as the threat of a nearby nuclear meltdown under Russian occupation power plants. President Volodymyr Zelensky called an emergency meeting to agree with the crisis.
Written by the Ukrainian Ministry of Interior on Telegram that the Kakhovka Dam has been blown up up And he called for population of 10 villages on River right bank and parts of the city of Kherson down the river to collect essential documents and pets, turn off hardware, and leave it with the alert against possible misinformation.
Screenshots of what appeared to be a monitor camera Overlooking the running dam on social media Allegedly show Flash, blast and break of Dam.
Oleksandr Prokudin, L.N head of Kherson regional military administration said in video posted to Telegram shortly before 7 a.m. that “the Russian military committed another act of terror”And he warned that the water would come.”critical levels” within five hours.
Zelensky moved to an emergency meeting of country security and defense Council After the dam burst, the council secretary wrote Oleksey Danilov on Twitter.
Ukraine and Russia have previously accused each other of Targeting the dam with attacks and last October Zelensky predicted that Russia would destroy Dam in Okay cause a flood.
Authorities, experts and their residents for Months expressed concerns about the flow of water through – and over Kakhovka Dam.
In February, water levels were so low that many feared a meltdown at the Russian-occupied Zaporizhia nuclear plant. power Factory, whose cooling systems are supplied with It held water from the Kakhovka reservoir up from the dam.
By mid-May, after heavy rains and melting snows, the water level rose above normal levels, flooding nearby villages. Satellite images showed the water washing away over Damaged dam gates.
Ukraine controls five of the six Dams along the Dnipro River runs from its northern border with Belarus down For the Black Sea which is very important for The whole country’s drinking water power supply. Kakhovka Dam – th one farther downstream in Kherson region Controlled by Russian forces.
