Russians blew up Kakhovka HPP in order to stop de-occupation process and divert attention from events in Belgorod region, - Ministry of Defense
The ruscists tried to stop the de-occupation process by blowing up the Kakhovka HPP, but had the opposite effect.
Deputy Minister of Defense Hanna Malyar reported this on Telegram, Censor.NET reports.
"The purposeful detonation of the dam was carried out by the Russian occupiers in order to stop the process of de-occupation by the Defense Forces of Ukraine and shift the vector of public attention from the events taking place in the Belgorod region. Instead, the Russian occupiers had the opposite effect.
Currently, civilians in the temporarily occupied settlements of the Kherson Region and Crimea are in a critical situation, as the destruction of the dam deprived them of fresh water. In addition, positions of Russian military units were flooded, which could lead to large-scale washing of Russian minefields and their detonation in a chaotic manner," she explained.
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.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has already held an urgent meeting of the National Security and Defence Council in connection with the occupiers' explosion of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station.
