On the one hand, this is going to cause terrible long-term damage and cost a fortune to repair.
On the other hand, the Russians wouldn’t have done this if they thought they were going to be able to hold the occupied territories long-term. So it’s kind of a good sign, I guess.
Yep, I think this dam also supplied water to Crimea so it might indicate that Russia doesn’t think they can hold Crimea in particular.
I read elsewhere that the dam supplied water to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant too. So, Russian aggression is once again increasing the risk of another nuclear incident in Ukraine. Given the fact that their army also tried to dig trenches in Chernobyl, it’s clear that they don’t take that threat seriously, though.
That’s the big one, to me. It’s a huge source of water for damn near all of Crimea. Russia destroying the thing has dramatic implications both to their campaign in Ukraine as well as their perceived ability to withstand the Ukrainian counter offensive in Crimea. This is both terrible and very interesting…
They’ve been intentionally filling up the dam to cause maximum damage: https://hydroweb.theia-land.fr/hydroweb/view/L_kakhovka?lang=en , https://tweet.lambda.dance/NOELreports/status/1666012180217462785#m
Intentionally destroying a dam is an internationally recognized war crime.
Works and installations containing dangerous forces, namely dams, dykes and nuclear electrical generating stations, shall not be made the object of attack, even where these objects are military objectives, if such attack may cause the release of dangerous forces and consequent severe losses among the civilian population. Other military objectives located at or in the vicinity of these works or installations shall not be made the object of attack if such attack may cause the release of dangerous forces from the works or installations and consequent severe losses among the civilian population.
Already been committing genocide, what’s a little bit of war crime in the face of everything they’ve done?
The Kherson region’s operational services reported that the AFU attacked the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station at night, possibly from the Olkha MLRS. As a result, three spans collapsed due to water pressure. 22 thousand people are in the potential flood zone.
Ukraine traditionally keeps on chanting it was Russia. Bright sparks. Kakhovka is now controlled by Russia, there are Russian troops. Would it shell its people?
The videos are the curtesy of the region’s operational services.
“Kakhovka is now controlled by Russia, there are Russian troops. Would it shell its people?”
YES. Yes, Russia would.
YES. Yes, Russia
woulddoes.I was reading about an interview with Yevgeny Prigozhin (Wagner’s boss) just last week where he was complaining that Russia was shelling his men.
Also the constant shelling of civilian population in Kherson ever since they’ve been pushed out. You know, the Kherson they say is part of Russia. (Same with Zaporizhia).
And they’re not treating people of occupied territories as ‘their people’ anyway - no free movement with Russia itself.
(Also, you can’t destroy a dam like this by ‘shelling’. It takes a very big bomb or intentional demolition to do that, and Russians have been controlling the dam for a long time.)
EDIT: and they’re shelling Kherson right now as evacuation is taking place.
It must be a Russian bot because it’s spamming the same crap on other posts.
No doubt, bot or just a shill. Some corners of Lemmy are, apparently, pretty friendly towards Russia and China.
Yep, I noticed that on other instances but seeing that beehaw has banned lemmygrad at least gives me some hope.
◾Meanwhile upstream, the floodgates are still open at DneproGES (controlled by Ukraine), which means that the Ukrainian leadership is not interested in stopping the flood.
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Sometimes it is necessary to look around and not quote what the Western media serve up every day: Russia is bad - the West is good - Kiev is brilliant.
