Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused the Russians of mining a dam at a hydroelectric power station in the Kherson region of southern Ukraine, which is controlled by Moscow forces.
“According to our information, the clusters and dam of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station were mined by Russian terrorists,” Zelensky said in his usual daily speech, shared on social media on Thursday.
“If the dam is destroyed (…) the North Crimean Canal will simply disappear,” and this would be “a large-scale catastrophe,” added the Ukrainian president, who had already foreseen the possibility in a speech until recently. the Council of the European Union.
“Right now, the world must act strongly and quickly to prevent another terrorist attack from Russia,” he said. declared the president of Ukraine during his video message.
“We must act together – Europeans, world leaders, international organizations – to make clear to the terrorist state that such an attack would be exactly like using weapons of mass destruction.”
“Terrorists always lose, freedom always wins,” Zelensky underlined.
The Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Station dam was built on the Dnieper River, in an area currently under the control of the Russian military and not far from its line of contact with Ukrainian forces.
Source: DN
