Ukraine has blamed Russian forces for blowing up the dam of the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant on the Dnipro River in Russian-occupied southern Ukraine.
The Nova Kakhovka dam—which holds the same amount of water as the Great Salt Lake in the U.S. state of Utah—was destroyed in the early hours of June 6, sending millions of liters of water bursting through a gaping hole.
The damage has prompted mass evacuations of multiple villages alongside the bank of the river, including parts of Kherson, with fears of widespread flooding amid rapidly rising water levels.
Ukraine’s Southern Operational Command claimed in a Facebook post that Russian forces blew up the dam but said it was still assessing the situation….