Russian troops drain the Kakhovka reservoir. There is a threat to the ecology, water supply and agriculture of Zaporozhye and Kherson region, said Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories of Ukraine Iryna Vereshchuk.
" They will not be able to hold the occupied territories. Maybe they started realizing it.. Therefore, they want to leave behind a scorched earth unsuitable for life,"
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The Kakhovka dam on the Dnieper in the Kherson region is the basis of a large hydroelectric power plant, and is also one of the two main road crossing points in the lower reaches of the Dnieper River. On November 11, the object received significant damage due to destruction by the retreating Russian troops in order to impede the upcoming advances of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.