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Evidence points to the destruction of this huge month Kakhovka The New York Times reported that the dam in a Russian-controlled area of ​​Ukraine was caused by an implosion carried out by Russia.
On Friday, the newspaper said, quoting engineers and explosives experts, that its investigation had found evidence indicating that an explosive device had detonated in a passage running through the dam’s concrete base, which led to the destruction of the structure on June 6.
“The evidence clearly indicates that the dam was paralyzed by an explosion carried out by the side that controls it: Russia,” the newspaper said.
Separately, a team of international legal experts assisting Ukrainian prosecutors with their investigation into preliminary findings said on Friday that the collapse in Ukraine’s Kherson region was “most likely” caused by explosives planted by the Russians.
the The Kremlin Kiev is accused of sabotaging the hydroelectric dam, which includes a reservoir the size of the US Salt Lake, to cut off a major water source to Crimea and to distract from a “faltering” counter-offensive against Russian forces.
Ukraine accuses Russia of blowing up the Soviet-era dam, which has been under Russian control since the early days of its invasion in 2022, sending floodwaters pouring across a large swath of the battlefield, destroying farmland and cutting off water supplies to civilians.
Reuters could not independently verify the allegations about the cause of the explosion.
The newspaper quoted the engineers as saying that a full examination of the dam after the water was drained from it could determine the sequence of events that led to the destruction.
“Erosion from the water flowing through the gates could have led to failure if the dam had been poorly designed, or the concrete had been substandard, but the engineers considered that unlikely,” the newspaper said.
On Friday, the newspaper said, quoting engineers and explosives experts, that its investigation had found evidence indicating that an explosive device had detonated in a passage running through the dam’s concrete base, which led to the destruction of the structure on June 6.
“The evidence clearly indicates that the dam was paralyzed by an explosion carried out by the side that controls it: Russia,” the newspaper said.
Separately, a team of international legal experts assisting Ukrainian prosecutors with their investigation into preliminary findings said on Friday that the collapse in Ukraine’s Kherson region was “most likely” caused by explosives planted by the Russians.
the The Kremlin Kiev is accused of sabotaging the hydroelectric dam, which includes a reservoir the size of the US Salt Lake, to cut off a major water source to Crimea and to distract from a “faltering” counter-offensive against Russian forces.
Ukraine accuses Russia of blowing up the Soviet-era dam, which has been under Russian control since the early days of its invasion in 2022, sending floodwaters pouring across a large swath of the battlefield, destroying farmland and cutting off water supplies to civilians.
Reuters could not independently verify the allegations about the cause of the explosion.
The newspaper quoted the engineers as saying that a full examination of the dam after the water was drained from it could determine the sequence of events that led to the destruction.
“Erosion from the water flowing through the gates could have led to failure if the dam had been poorly designed, or the concrete had been substandard, but the engineers considered that unlikely,” the newspaper said.
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