Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday night accused the Russians of having mined a dam at a hydroelectric power plant located in the Kherson region of southern Ukraine and under the control of Moscow forces.
“According to our information, the aggregates and the dam of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant have been mined by Russian terrorists,” said Volodymyr Zelensky in his daily speech posted on social media.
The fear of a “full-scale disaster”
“In case of destruction of the dam (…) the North Crimean Canal will simply disappear”, and it would be “a large-scale disaster”, added the Ukrainian president, who had already mentioned this possibility during an intervention. shortly before, before the Council of the European Union.
The Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant dam is built on the Dnieper River, in an area currently under the control of the Russian army and not far from the line of contact with Ukrainian forces.
Source: BFM TV
