The invaders are trying to flood the southern territories in this way to stop the advance of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Zaporizhia Regional Military District believes.
The Russian aggressors are draining the Kakhovka reservoir and thereby endangering the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant. NPR reports this with related satellite imagery.
In addition, Russian war criminals through these actions endanger drinking water and agricultural production in the region.
Since early November last year, water has been flowing from the Kakhovka Reservoir in southern Ukraine through the locks of a critical hydroelectric power plant seized by the Russians.
Satellite data shows that the water level in the reservoir has fallen to its lowest level in three decades.
IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi commented on this fact.
“Although the drop in water levels does not pose an immediate threat to nuclear safety and security, it could become a source of concern if it is allowed to continue,” he said.
The military administration of the Zaporozhye region suggested that the purpose of draining the reservoir could be to partially flood the area south of the dam to prevent Ukrainian troops from forcing the Dnieper River.
Ukrhydroenergo believes that “the Russian invaders opened the gates of the station, fearing an offensive by the Ukrainian military.”
Remember that as a result of the enemy shelling the dam of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station on the Dnieper, fish are dying in large numbers.
The release of water at the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station threatens disaster
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