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IFW - Russians deliberately destroy Kakhovka dam, evidence shows.
Several independent sources reported additional evidence that an internal explosion likely destroyed the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant (KHPP) dam on June 6.
That’s according to the Institute for the Study of War, Ukrinform reports.
Norwegian seismic monitoring center NORSAR reported that seismic data indicates that an explosion occurred on June 6 at 2:54am local time, about the same time as the collapse of the KHPP dam.
NORSAR seismologist Volker Oye stated that seismic data indicated a pulse of energy that was “typical of an explosion.”
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The New York Times reported that an unnamed senior White House official stated that U.S. spy satellites equipped with infrared sensors detected an explosion at the KHPP dam before it collapsed.
The Wall Street Journal reported that multiple engineers and munitions experts assessed that an explosive blast likely detonated at a specific point or multiple points of weakness, which destroyed the KHPP dam.
The preponderance of evidence suggests that a deliberate explosion damaged the KHPP dam, the report reads.
“ISW continues to assess that the balance of evidence, reasoning, and rhetoric suggests that the Russians deliberately damaged the dam,” ISW concludes.
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As Ukrinform reported earlier, on the night of June 6, Russian forces blew up the Kakhovka HPP dam. The plant cannot be restored, according to the operator. In Kherson region, a rescue and evacuation operation is underway to get the people out of the flooded areas. The situation is especially difficult in the temporarily occupied territories, where the invaders left people without any help.
Mykolaiv authorities sign agreement with Nefco to rebuild water supply system.
Mykolaiv city authorities have signed an agreement with the Nordic Environment Finance Corporation (Nefco) to rebuild a water supply system in the Korabelnyi district.
Parliament fails to support pension reform bill at first reading.
The Verkhovna Rada failed to back draft law 9212 on accumulative pension provision as part of the pension reform at its first reading on Wednesday.
Ukraine, Germany preparing new forest sector project.
In June 2024, Ukraine will present a new three-year forest management project developed in cooperation with German experts.
Sappers defuse Russian aerial bomb found in private residential area in Donetsk region.
Demining specialists neutralized an OFAB-250 aerial bomb that landed in the middle of a private residential area in Kostyantynivka, Donetsk region.
Russian invaders shell Bilozerka in Kherson region for second time in day, man injured.
Russian troops again fired on the village of Bilozerka, Kherson region, injuring a 74-year-old resident.
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