From Euromaiden Press: We got in touch with residents of Russian-occupied Nova Kakhovka who were awakened by explosions on the night of 6 June, when the dam of the Kakhovka Hydropower station collapsed from what Ukraine says was a Russian detonation. Here are their stories.
In the deep night of 6 June, residents of the Russian-occupied town of Nova Kakhova were awakened by a loud sound they never heard before. In panic, they rushed to a local online group on Telegram to discuss what it was — going outside was impossible because of a curfew imposed by Russian troops. Only in the morning were their suspicions confirmed: the dam to the Kakhovka reservoir was destroyed and gushing water was flooding their city.
Ukrainian authorities accuse Russia of deliberately blowing up the dam, and the CEO of Ukraine’s hydropower operator Hydroenerho said that Russians placed explosives in the lower levels of the engine room, causing it to break in half. Meanwhile, Russian President Putin’s spokesman Peskov has talked about Ukrainian “deliberate sabotage” on the Russian-controlled dam while a Russian quisling official accused Ukraine of causing the destruction with “numerous strikes” — a claim ruled out by a top Ukrainian dam engineer, who explained that the dam was designed strong enough to withstand a nuclear strike, let alone artillery shells.
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