Russia blew up the Kakhovka HPP, thus putting Kherson Oblast under threat of disappearance of 30% of its natural reserve fund.
The approximate amount of damage to the environment due to the occupiers’ blowing up of the Kakhovka HPP is almost US$1,5 bil…
The blowing up of the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant by the Russians has caused an estimated US$1.2 billion worth of damage to the Nyzhnodniprovskyi (Lower Dnipro) National Park.
Source: Ruslan Strilets, Ukraine’s Minister of Environmental Protecti…
Satellite images shared by Planet Labs show the massive extent of the damage caused by the breach of the Kakhovka dam on June 6.Kherson Oblast Governor Oleksandr Prokudin said on June 8 that 600 square kilometers of the oblast had been flooded[1…
A civilian died in the village of Vasylivka in flooding caused by the Kakhovka dam collapse, Mykolaiv Oblast police head Serhii Shaikhet said[1] on June 8.The 53-year-old man refused to evacuate a day before, the official added.This is the first…
“Finally, dry land!”
These are the words most often heard from the mouths of evacuated Kherson residents who were forced to leave their homes due to the arrival of high water.
Over the past year and a half, the people of Kherson and the surrounding set…
Russian occupiers have once again attacked the city of Kherson, where evacuation of the population from the flooded areas is ongoing after the blowing up of the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant. One person was killed by shelling.
Source: Prosecutor’s…
Russian troops occupying the east bank of the Dnipro River in Kherson Oblast were not ready for the effects of the Kakhovka dam destruction, resulting in losses in personnel and military equipment, the General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces rep…
The destruction of the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant in Ukraine’s southern Kherson Oblast is “significantly changing” the geography of the Kherson front line area, the Institute of the Study of War reported[1] in its latest update. The D.C….
Flooding caused by the destruction of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant destroyed many fortifications of the first line of defence of the Russians on the left bank of the Dnipro River in Kherson Oblast, the Institute for the Study of War states.
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Editor’s note: For this story, we spoke to people living or having family in the Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine. For their safety, they are identified by first name only.After destroying the Nova Kakhovka dam and stranding thousands of Ukrainians in…