Undermining the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station by the Russians is a terrorist attack and a war crime, the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense said. They noted that the fact of the destruction of the hydroelectric power station will become evidence in the international tribunal against the Russian Federation..

June 6, 2023 around 2. 30 nights Russian invaders blew up the dam of the Kakhovka reservoir. This terrorist act created a mortal danger for Ukrainian citizens in settlements on both banks of the Dnieper below the Kakhovka reservoir. This is an unconditional act of ecocide and an obvious war crime, the impact of which goes far beyond the borders of Ukraine and affects the ecosystem of the entire Black Sea region,” the GUR added..

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They also stressed that the undermining of the hydroelectric power station exacerbates not only the environmental, but also the nuclear. After all, the water level in the cooling ponds of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant depends on the fullness of the Dnieper.

The GUR also recalled that they reported about the mining of the hydroelectric power station immediately after it was captured by the Russians.. Moreover, in April last year, the Russians additionally replaced the locks and supports of the dam. On the dam itself, the enemy set trucks with explosives..

“This terrorist act is a sign of the panic of the Putin regime and an attempt to complicate the actions of the Ukrainian Security and Defense Forces.. It will become weighty evidence at the international tribunal, which undoubtedly awaits everyone involved in the commission of war crimes on the territory of Ukraine,” the GUR added..

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Recall that on the night of June 6, the Russian military blew up a dam at the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station. According to local residents, there was only one explosion, but after it the structures began to collapse one after another.. Cities and villages down the Dnieper are threatened with flooding. The authorities of the Kherson OVA announced an urgent evacuation, and the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky announced an urgent meeting of the National Security and Defense Council.

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said it was aware of reports of the explosion of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station. They say agency experts at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant are closely monitoring the situation.. The IAEA assures that there is no immediate threat to nuclear safety at the station.