Blowing up Kakhovka HPP is "new dimension" of war, - Scholz
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz called the blowing up of the Kakhovka HPP a "new dimension" of the Russian Federation’s war against Ukraine.
This is reported by Censor.NET with reference to the EP.
According to Scholz, blowing up the HPP "fits into how Putin is waging this war."
At the same time, as noted, the chancellor avoided directly assigning responsibility for the detonation to Russia but indicated that there were signs of Russian involvement.
Scholz added that Russia always attacks civilian objects - cities, villages, hospitals, schools, infrastructure objects.
"That is why it is so important that we support Ukraine - financially, but also with the supply of weapons," he emphasized.
As Censor.NET reported, on the morning of 6 June, it became known that the Russian occupiers had blown up the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station. According to the Kherson Regional State Administration, the water will reach a critical level in 5 hours after the explosion. Evacuations have begun in the region. Nova Kakhovka is already being flooded. The Korabel district of Kherson is without power, and the gas supply will be cut off in a few hours. National Police and SES units have been put on alert in the Kherson region.
President Volodymyr Zelensky initiated an emergency meeting of the National Security and Defence Council due to the bombing.
According to Energoatom, the racist bombing of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station could have negative consequences for ZNPP, but the situation is under control.
According to Ukrhydroenergo, Kakhovka HPP was completely destroyed as a result of an explosion in the engine room from the inside. The plant is beyond repair. The Prosecutor General's Office opened a criminal investigation into the explosion of the Kakhovka HPP under the article on ecocide.
