A verdant green forest has sprouted in one of Ukraine’s most unlikely locations — the Kakhovka reservoir left nearly empty after Russia blew up its dam last year.   Following the destruction of the dam on June 6 last year, nearly 20 cubic kilometers of water flooded Ukraine’s four southern
  • petrescatraian@libranet.de
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    6 months ago

    I’m wondering, how did the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant get over unharmed after the Kakhovka reservoir was emptied? How does it still get the water necessary for cooling?

    Also, it’s cool that wildlife is returning there, but isn’t there a demand for electricity that was previously supplied by hydroelectric power plants like at Nova Khakhovka which are now destroyed?

    And what about the villages and towns downstream of Khakhovka that were flooded when the dam was destroyed? Are they liveable again or did they become part of the river bed?