FLOODING:
Nova Kakhovka Dam on the Dnipro River is destroyed above Kherson and 80 other settlements.
Nova Kakhovka hydro-electric dam on the Dnipro River in southern Ukraine has been blown.
Whoever has done this, the breaking of the Nova Kachovka dam has grave consequences for both 🇺🇦 and 🇷🇺.
Over a dozen towns on both sides of the #Dnipro, including the city of #Kherson will now be flooded.
Crimea meanwhile just lost its most important irrigation canal.
The Russian-occupied dam is a particular focus now after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Russian troops of planning to blow it up to trigger a devastating flood.
Located on the Dnieper River, the dam is one of the biggest facilities of its kind in Ukraine.
According to the website of its Ukrainian operator, Ukrgydroenergo, the capacity of the hydropower plant is 334.8 megawatts.
Built in Soviet times in the 1950s, the Kakhovka dam pumps water into the North Crimean canal, which starts in southern Ukraine and crosses the entire Crimean peninsula.
Upstream from the dam is the Kakhovka reservoir on the Dnieper.
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