That night, the Russian invaders blew up the dam of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station, which is located upstream from Kherson along the Dnieper. The fact of the explosion is confirmed in the operational command "South".
"The Russian occupation troops blew up the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station. Now the scale of destruction, the speed and volume of water, the likely areas of flooding are being specified. All services are working. The situation is being monitored," the report says.
Judging by the footage that has already appeared on the network, the dam has received critical damage and is no longer able to hold back the flow of water. As you can clearly see in the video, an uncontrolled discharge of water from the Kakhovka reservoir began, which is fraught with serious flooding downstream of the Dnieper.
Kherson Regional State Administration Chairman Alexander Prokudin has already announced the evacuation of residents of the right bank of the Dnieper, who are at risk of flooding.