Inside the Ukrainian counteroffensive that shocked Putin and reshaped the war
The Russians must have done it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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The Russians must have done it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Yes, but that's when the Russians were on the other side and that dam was one of the two passages under Russian control to bring in supplies, no there is not much logistical damage being done to Russian army
In fact the Russians left Kherson for that reason, as the other bridge became unusable.
Surovikin made the logical decision to abandon Kherson even if they were repelling all Ukrainian attacks, they could have been trapped.
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This is misinformation. The bridge runs parallel to the dam, it is not the dam itself. The Ukrainians were trying to get in range of it so they could destroy the bridge and pin the retreating Russian forces against the river, which they failed to do. In any case they have been in range of the bridge since November so one would need a convincing explanation for why they waited to do it in June.
I agree, WaPo is pure misinformation, clearly Russia wanted to cut off water access to Crimea before returning that area to Ukraine. The devilish Russians must have sabotage their own infrastructure again just like the Nord Stream bombings.
Russia pulled out of Kherson in November, though.
there is like a 30cm separation, is basically one structure
Yeah but it was because of the same potential risk that now has materialized
If you do not respond you would make it worse. Equal response prevent future escalation.
It is just question of time before Kiev would conduct operation to create nuclear disaster in Zaporozhya NPP.So it would not happen. Kiev needs to be sure that the response will be equal.(like strikes on all Kiev controlled NPPs).
It should be simple. You blow up our dam. We blow up you dam. You touch NPP, we touch NPP too.
But of course Russian leadership are probably too toothless for such actions. And it is one of the reason why Kiev had decided that destruction of dam would have little retaliation.
Look the "Russians" are still shelling the dam.
Pro-Ukraine pundits are reaching new levels of cognitive dissonance. They're admitting Crimea won't have water for a decade...in the same tweets that claim Russia blew up the dam.
The mass gaslighting campaign is already in full swing.
Charles Michel doesn't know who was responsible for the Nord Stream explosion months after the sabotage occurred. However, he was able to quickly determine who caused the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Station explosion immediately after the incident.
The mass gaslighting campaign is already in full swing.
Charles Michel doesn't know who was responsible for the Nord Stream explosion months after the sabotage occurred. However, he was able to quickly determine who caused the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Station explosion immediately after the incident.
So how would Ukraine go about blowing up a dam they have no control of? Nothing in their aresnal actually has the oomph to do it in one go from a distance. A dam this large would require multiple tons of explosives.