The Nova Kakhovka dam in the Russian-controlled parts of Ukraine's Kherson region was blown up by Russian forces, the South command of Ukraine's Armed Forces said on Tuesday.
  • Senokir@lemmy.ml
    134·
    2 years ago

    It’s disgusting what Russia is willing to do just to spite the rest of the world.

    • GarbageShootAlt2@lemmy.ml
      33·
      2 years ago

      Do you really believe Russia would kneecap itself like this? Do you believe Assad also gassed his own troops right after they took over a town from enemy terrorists?

      • muse@kbin.social
        21·
        2 years ago

        I really believe literally anyone else besides someone parroting russian talking points all day.

        • GarbageShootAlt2@lemmy.ml
          11·
          2 years ago

          So you’re saying you believe literally anyone else besides someone saying something you disagree with?

    • ghost_laptop@lemmy.ml
      35·
      2 years ago

      Don’t say the rest of the world because it isn’t it’s just the Westoid and the anglosphere, the rest, and therefore the majority of the world either gives a fuck or thinks this is a NATO provocation. Stop afirming your elite group of bpurgeois psychopaths represents the whole world.

  • GarbageShootAlt2@lemmy.ml
    43·
    2 years ago

    I just love when leftists nominally disavow the US and then take statements from the Ukrainian military and US mouthpieces at face value.

  • PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml
    311·
    2 years ago

    Why would Russians blow up the dam that is under their control, protected mainly their territory and supplies Crimea with water? Smell like yet another Nordstream nonsense. Not to mention previous threats and attacks made by the UA forces on Crimean-related infrastructure.

    Also if you look at the videos the damage is to the upper part of the dam, pretty shallow.

    EDIT: Also here is the Russia’s official note to UN Security council from october warning of possibility of UA sabotaging the dam. And the WaPo article from december where UA side admits they do have plans and excercises for exactly that.

    It’s the same thing as Nord Stream.

      • PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml
        35·
        2 years ago

        Doubt on both, the Ukrainian counteroffensive is somewhat mirage with even UA sources being unsure if it actually did happened, and Russian forces are afaik not currently making any moves. Also it will made it actually easier to cross in a short while. Finally, there’s the issue of water for Crimea, it’s strategic objective.

        Or it might be actual acident caused by 30 years of bad maintenance.