An explosion at the Kakhovskaya dam on the day of the destruction of the hydroelectric power station was recorded by a seismic station in Norway.
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Norwegian scientists noted that the explosion occurred on June 6 at 2:54 am Kyiv time. Such information, after a special analysis, was carried out by the NORSAR group from Norway, which monitors seismic networks throughout Europe. About it writes the publication NPR.
The data is the first independent evidence that a dam that held back a reservoir roughly the size of the Great Salt Lake in Utah was blown up rather than collapsed due to overstressing and mismanagement.
We see a focused pulse of energy, which is typical for an explosion, said Volker Oye, a seismologist from NORSAR, after analyzing the data.
However, it is noted that seismic teams cannot determine the location of the explosion closer than within 20-30 km from the dam. However, explosions in this particular part of Ukraine are rare, he said, so an explosion caused by something else would be an unusual coincidence.
Recall that the interception of the Security Service of Ukraine indicates that the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station was blown up by a sabotage group of Russian invaders. The invaders wanted to blackmail Ukraine by blowing up the dam and staged a man-made disaster.
Source: NPR
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