So Russia blew up their dam instead of opening the flood gate just like they blew up their own gasoline instead of turning off the valve. Where is the logic.

A dam can't be "opened" that much. It must be destroyed to make a flood like that.

YOu can't create a mssive flood merely by opening the flood gates

@11cookeaw1 If you have a big bomb, you want to set it off to harm your enemy, not when your enemy is no where close and you have no bomb to use when needed.

I’ve been in combat. That dam wasn’t destroyed by shelling. That was destroyed by explosive charges. Shelling would have left huge amounts of damage around the breach.

Yeah, it was either demolition charges or quite a sizeable airstrike. Certainly a dam would make a great target for a khinzal missile.

The dam WAS shelled first by Russia (that didn´t cause the flooding), maybe caused that structure weakened. Explosive charges were the main cause!

@Solowarrior1221 if it was shot by a Kinzhal there would be a huge hole in there and tbh it doesn't sound economical either

The Kakhova dam has been destroyed and people are in fear of flooding could be catastrophic , may God have mercy on innocent people. 🙏

God abandoned Ukraine long ago

​@darrengilles darrengilles There is no evidence of any god(s) existing.

" The world’s atomic energy watchdog warned the warring sides not to undermine the safety of the nearby nuclear power plant in Zaporizhzhia, but said there was currently “no immediate risk” to it. "

МАГАТЕ це сама безкорисна організація,яка тількі може бути обігнавши навіть Лігу Націй.

no worry. ukraine and russia will both suffer. the fallout will not honor a ukrainian nor a russian. so it will be a lose-lose scenario for them. enjoy the nuclear disaster for all.

No immediate risk for shure. But finally, water in pond will evaporise... And yes, rebuiding of dam can take years. All this time you need to fill ponds somehow.

The nuclear plant is up river by the lake from the dam, not down the river.

Which is why it is going to be dry if the water runs out the dam.

@Paulo Castello da Costa thankfully it won't be immediately serious. Since it's been offline. But we will find out more from the IAEA soon.

@Darkspark It still needs water to cool the nuclear material, even if it is offline, i.e., not producing power. It is not in immediate danger because it will take time for the water to run out (and there may be enough water left to be pumped up somehow). We will hear about it soon for sure.

its gonna be a dry summer ... and radioactive xd

look on the wiki, that dam diverted water down a canal which supplies the water supply pond to the nuclear power station, so yes, the power station IS now in danger. Its being shown and reported now that the water levels in that canal are dropping fast as the resevoirs water level drops and it WILL dry up.

The nuclear station is up the river mate ! The dam is down stream. The guys on this news channel don’t know. So look again at the map. 😂😂😂😂

@luci75 D they ate full of bs...the media

That is the truly terrifying end result the terroruzzians we're aiming for

@sharon shaw the nuclear power plant is up stream . This Craig guy thinks water flows from sea into rivers .

Experts experts everywhere but not a fact to think

If you have a big bomb, you want to set it off to harm your enemy, not when your enemy is no where close and you have no bomb to use when needed.

nuclear facilities should have been considered off-limits in any war.

it's not near the nuclear facility

@Cristian Gaban it doesn't have to be, if the water power designed to cool the nuclear power plant is disrupted/destroyed. Rocket science, mate.

There are no off limits in a war. It's a war not some mudfight.

@blackpanthar90 It's not a war though, it's a Special Military Operation. 3 days to take Kyiv 🤣

@PiGxStix You do know that it would not take Russia more than 3 minutes to take Ukraine if that's what they wanted.

This is a calculated high risk defensive strategy by Russia. Reduction in the water supply to Russian controlled regions, especially Crimea, in the hope that the flooding will limit the Ukrainian ability to manoeuvre. The Ukrainian leadership will have predicted and planned for this. The main result will be the impact on the civilians on both sides of the divide.

Now we can use the f16s

Ukraine destroyed the dam

Yeah right. That's an Ukrainian flase flag.

Ah yes, just like how Russia launched that missile on poland. Ukraine is very truthful, it definitely wasnt them

If I had to bet who blew up the dam just like the Nord pipeline: NATO-US-Ukraine 95% Russia 5%

LISTEN UP now. Washington Post, December 29th 2022: "(Genera)Kovalchuk considered flooding the river. The Ukrainians, he said, even conducted a test strike with a HIMARS launcher on one of the floodgates at the Nova Kakhovka dam, making three holes in the metal to see if the Dnieper’s water could be raised enough to stymie Russian crossings but not flood nearby villages. The test was a success, Kovalchuk said, but the step remained a last resort. He held off."

on Russian television, one of the guests (probably a politician) told how to skillfully blow up a dam (about mining from the inside and detonation) + touched on the northern stream 2 in the conversation

the dam... pretty sure. The explosion at the dam was so big it was readable on seismic scales. So the "narrative" of Russia that the dam broke because of previous damage is a lie. Shocker. It couldnt have been "Himars" or other rockets either because the explosion would not be big enough to cause seismic activity. Russia controlled the dam (and said they mined it themselves last oktober) so the only 2 options are: 1. Russia blew it up. 2. A Ukranian sabotage team snuck into Russian occupied territory, positioned hundreds of KG of explosives then left without a trace and blew it up. Which one do you think is more likely?

*12/29/2022 Washington Post: Inside the Ukrainian counteroffensive that shocked Putin and reshaped the war.* 🇺🇦Maj Gen Kovalchuk: “There were moments when we turned off their supply lines completely, and they still managed to build crossings, they managed to replenish ammunition. … It was very difficult.” Kovalchuk considered flooding the river. The Ukrainians, he said, even conducted a test strike with a HIMARS launcher on one of the floodgates at the Nova Kakhovka dam, making three holes in the metal to see if the Dnieper’s water could be raised enough to stymie Russian crossings but not flood nearby villages. The test was a success, Kovalchuk said, but the step remained a last resort. He held off.

what type of shell could take out a dam think about the bouncing bombs in ww2 its not easy to destroy such a dam, more likely Russia blew it

UA bombed the dam a dozen times last year when RF had forces on the other side of the river. UA practised destroying it with HIMARS in May

Remember the pipeline? No matter what happens all sides play games with 1 country treuly sickening

Шо ви курили ? Дайте і мені , бо те що ви сказали більше на наркоманію схоже

The Zaporizhzhia plant is a minor target of the Ukrainian summer offensive and can't be be defended, so Russia prefers to let it run out of cooling water...

Blowing up the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant is yet another act of terror, another manifestation of genocide through an environmental disaster, but the main thing is that this is also a show of how much the occupiers are scared. Their overwhelming anxiety over the prospects of the Ukrainian army forcing the Dnipro River has actually led them to destroy the reservoir dam.

Thank you for the paid propaganda message! Always enjoy them!

@Randy Graham you welcome, but keep in mind, I do it for free. Actually my grandmother's friends live near by Dnipro river and see all atrocities committed by Moscow soldiers, so..

Weird. It’s almost as if they are at war with each other but Ukraine keeps calling “no fair! You cheated!” To anyone in the international community that will listen and give them more money.

Better keep an eye on other dams or important infrastructure now.

My first question is,' Why would Russia destroy the dam that supplies water to Crimea?". given how important Crimea is to Russia.

Exactly 💯

if they think they are not going to keep it then why supply water to it?

The fall of Bakhmut can not be underestimated it will affect the entire war going forward.

When Nord stream 01 & 02 destroyed west said russia has done that & now russia destroy this dam....🤣🤣🤣🤣

Also 2014 Russia said they didn't invade Crimea 🤣🤣🤣🤣

1994 Russia signed the budapest memorandum which they promised to never invade Ukraine.

​@Rob -aint ukraine also made a promise about not joining NATO?

Life is focused into cities and value of life has increased to preciously high levels. 😊

Could the dam blowing possibly lower the river water level enough to cross?

impossible

Yeah and serve yourself in a platter in mud/quick sand situation lol

Im pretty sure even if water levels drop enough the mud will stop any heavy equipment.

The only thing you accomplish by lowering the water level is creating marshlands, you are not crossing those

No, it makes the ground more soggy, wet meaning that war vehicles will get stuck in the mud. 😟🤦‍♂️

----If Ukraine says Russia destroyed the dam, it MUST be true.

Because Russia has such a stellar track record for truthful and accurate reporting👍.

Like the west?

neither side can claim immunity from that one

This could end up being the biggest war crime ever after WW2

Iraq and Afghanis?? Hypocrisy

@LawrenceVEVO Iraq was liberated from Saddam

@R they didnt ask for it

@R saddam was a good man

If there is no sympathy for this terroristic nation in the world there would be no such outcome. It happens because there are still those who doubt about Gondostate

​@Jenna Tolls Ukraine is guilty for this terrorist attack? Wtf?

@Flexogen why Ukraine did not release camera footage?

@HeavySandvichGuy1 yk, considering on wich channels are you subscribed... Bye-bye outcast.

“This terroristic nation” obviously means Russia, since Russia is the invader and the one who blew up the dam that they occupied.

Dam explosion 💥

Can't believe the Russians blew up Hoover dam, now the Legion is gonna take over the strip

Lol I thought I was the only person who was reminded of New Vegas. Actually this dam is almost the same size as Hoover dam.

Ave, true to Caesar!

This dam supplies water to Russian occupied areas. If the purpose is to release water to widen the river and make Ukrainian crossing for its counter-offensive very difficult, then the Russians could have easily just opened the gate valves and released the waters naturally. No need to blow up the dam which they critically need in the long term. No one here really knows what happened, but Russian claim that it's the result of Ukrainian shelling is more believable, if we use common sense. Besides, we must not forget that Ukraine claimed early in the war that Russia launched the missile that struck a Polish border town. It was later proven and admitted even by NATO that the missile was fired by Ukraine, which was why Poland no longer made a big fuss out of it. The guy who silently farts points to the guy beside him as the one who did it.

Your "common sense" may not be believable. The Russians may be creating an obstacle that they only need for a relatively short period of time. The waterlogged ground will make it nearly impossible for the Ukrainian tracked and wheeled vehicles to fan out and advance on the Russian positions on the south side of the Dneiper River and into Crimea. If the Russians are contemplating, or more likely, plan to evacuate Crimea, such an obstacle would give them the time needed to enable the departure of the Russian people, administrative and military personnel, vehicles and equipment from Crimea. If the Russians intend leaving Crimea, they will not be concerned about the water supply from the Crimean Canal, fed from the Kakhovka Reservoir, being diminished or terminated.

Whether the Russians would/should/could have opened valves to achieve the same result isn't really the issue. Perception is the key. If a local Russian commander ordered the breach to thwart a perceived Ukrainian advance. It will be perceived in the West as either a preplanned defensive stratagem. Where onsideration for the consequent economic and humanitarian crisis which follows will be a secondary problem. Or, as an act of vandalism to actually create a primary problem of economic and humanitarian crisises. If they happen to blame Ukrainians for it, so much the better. From the video shown. The damage to the dam doesn't look to be caused by shelling. The damage is concentrated in a very small area. Of course a single shell (fired extremely accurately) could do something similar (or even a Missile of some sort) but there doesn't seem to be the additional damage a strike like described would cause. Who ever breached the dam probably used a 'local' explosive charge placed to cause the desired effect (repairs, while not simple, could be effected fairly straightforwardly for such a 'small' breach). I don't think we've seen enough to decide who, why and what the reasons are. This conflict has been going on for too long. Tens of thousands of lives have been lost. The Russian gambit to size Ukrain has failed. Time to accept defeat. Withdraw it's forces and return to diplomatic solutions. If Russia persists in it's operations the perception from the rest of the world might tip the scales to join in. And THAT must not happen. The consequences will be felt for decades around the globe.

There's videos of the explosion. It's definitely not from shelling.

@Sharon Is Here Agreed and supported. The Russians were said to have set charges on the dam months ago. Preparation for any eventuality.

It widens the river and hence makes the river crossing harder for the Ukrainians. Good timing at the start of the counter offensive for Russia

Yes and they shot themselves in the foot seeing as how the residents of Crimea (not to mention the Russian controlled power plant) rely on that reservoir!

The downstream flooding will also flood a lot of the Russian front line positions on the east side of the river. That side is all low lands.

They blew up dams too when Ukraine about to take kherson, didn't work out did it

I am praying Ukraines plans allowed for the likelihood of the dam being blown . If not they really have made a hash of this .

it is part of the ukrainian plan, russia has not built that much defenses along the reservoir since it is an unlikely crossing, now the ukrainians can attack there specially near the nuclear plant, since russia will not use heavy artillery near a nuclear power plant. Russia could just open the flood gates if they want to flood the downstream so blowing it up does not make sense

​@JLdam the need you on the front lines, what are you doing wasting your time down in your mum's basement playing cod 😂

@JL The river remains with the same width, it won't be easier now to cross than with the dam

@Graham haha make your counter argument if you have any

All have a safe journey God bless ❤️

Feel sorry for innocent civilians, livestock and wildlife - they don't deserve this.

That dam, that plant, cities, villages, that ticking, that dead zone, that nuclear waste land. Can ewe humans see yaw path now.

Blame the Ukrainians on that.

@Philip Andrew Desuyo on what? On Russians invading Ukrainian land? How can you justify this? There wouldn’t have been none of this if Russians just hadn’t crossed the border of a sovereign country. Use your head, dude

I think they kinda blew it with that move, it's dam reprehensible

Prighozins words are hypocritical. He is not a soldier. He does not hold a gun at the front to motivate his troops. Why should he tell others to do that?

What do expect from a former hot dog 🌭 vendor

He always carried a rifle when he was in Bakhmut. May be you only watched the videos when he makes speeches.

@trg7843 Micheal Dukakis wore a helmet when he rode in the Abrams. Didn't make him a tanker.

He is a jail bird 😂😂

@Steamer1 steamer lol how did that hot dog vendor defeat NATO ANd Ukraine with only convicts and shovels… Lol 😂 Your General are horrible! 😂😂😂😂

Russia was keeping the dam closed, to flood the upstream are, as that would limit the Ukrainian options to attack up stream.

I don't think they blew up the dam because as you can see their positions are affected and being flooded more than the positions of the Ukrainian soldiers. Maybe the dam was already damaged and was destroyed because it didn't get the maintenance it needed.

The dam was damaged, but it was blown up By Russia. As Ukraine is planning a counter-attack, Russia would gain by making the river wider = harder for Ukraine to get over. yes it would also affect (move) some Russian positions, but 1) they would know about it, and 2) it would still benefit them with less Ukrainian troops in the area. The real fear is that Russia will try to use Zapporizha power plant as a dirty bomb.

​@Pjotr II Russia literally shoot at his leg, lol

@Pjotr II Nah, more like Ukraine destroyed that dam to get away from their failed offensives. If you look at the map, the Russian forces have lost territories because of flooding and it's not good since it will cause their positions to be too muddy.

​@Oi 1) * Russia don´t have a lot of troops in the area. Those troops that exist are not close to the river. The river makes a NATURAL OBTSACLE for Ukraine. 2) A wider river makes the crossing impossible for some 3-4 days, and a bit harder some time afterward. 3) Flooding the area destroys Ukrainian houses, villages and towns. 4) There is a video from the end of the last year, of a video chat between a Russian soldier and his friend. The Russian says they have mined the power plant (that now blew up) and it could be blown up in January, but the soldier is not sure. 5) The power plant exploded 02.50 in the night (when everyone was asleep - the worst possible time if Ukraine was involved!), the BEST time if it was the Russians. 6) For the last year, Ukraine has warned that Russia might use the Zaphoriza nuclear power plant as a dirty bomb. That has not yet happened, however the plant takes it´s cooling water from the water that i now dropping in level. They are not 100% linked, in case the nuclear plant can be fully stopped, but could give an excuse. 7) If the plant was left, the "bridge" could have been used by Ukraine in a counter offensive. * I can ONLY find 1 thing that MIGHT be bad for Russia. I do not even know if it is affected, but it could be. Crimea takes water (through pipes or canal - not sure) from this dam. Lowering the water level, might or might not affect that.

@Pjotr II Regarding the claims that Russian troops were not close to the river, the MSM was already starting to get a bit excited about Russian troops having to retreat from their positions. The MSM also mentioned about "floating mines" that could explode. A big mess along Russian defense lines. As of the time of the destruction, Ukrainian counter-offensives were known to have been repeatedly repelled. Ukrainian troops crossing the river were a matter of big concern but a successful crossing was not imminent. Similar case as in ZPP. Ukrainian troops not known to be coming close to re-taking ZPP.

Keep fighting Europeans, this is what you are and always had been, and always will be.

Ukraine says and Russia claims always

Russia never said they would endager the DAM!!! ZELENSKY has repeatedly target3d the Dam.

I don't think that ANYONE blew up this dam. Its only supposed to be rated for an 8 meter water height and from reports it looks like it was up to 10 or even 12 meters. There is loads of footage that shows how the dam breach has progressed over the last 2 days. The Russians aren't exactly great at or motivated to keep maintenance going on this dam, so 16 months without any maintenance. There was an exceptionally wet May in 2023 and if Ukraine let more water out of the upstream dams that they control then this was just going to happen by itself.

dude be real ukranians like this kind of war away from the front lines cause they are being exterminated.

Water was higher because before destroying it Russians kept water control doors (sorry, Idk how it is officialy called in English) closed for a few days to raise water levels higher in order to create bigger damage.

@jp Yes, I saw that today as well, so perhaps they intended to open a sluice gate and the thing got out of control. Perhaps they blew that sluice gate, its also possible. Either way, it totally backfired and now many thousands of people will be homeless.

If putting is capable of bombing towns where there are civilians ,so the bridge is for mass destruction to save his missiles

Russia trying to make it more difficult for Ukraine but it is going to get very dry in Crimea now!

No. Ukraina couldn't make an offensive crossing the Dniepr, "locked into the low lands , trying to get through the defense-lines, Russia could do this and drawn all. Now, within tw weeks, they can cross without this risk. The dam was a very good protection of Russia's defense-lines. But now, how to cool the uranium of Zaporijia ? Even if the production of electricity would stop, the uranium has to be cooled.....

Exactly the canal to Crimea is now gone, no more fresh water this summer

In your dream. Ukraine is winning until the next territory is taken by Russia like Bakhmut.

@cauwenberghs roeland Zaporizhzhia is upstream, Dam or no dam it makes no difference.

Yes and the cooling to the nuclare power plant will be nice now too.... Yeeeesz!

Ru wasn't "pushed" out of kherson ..they just packed up and left ..ukr walked into the empty area 3 days later without firing a shot

If you cut someone of on the road, and he flinches and hits a tree. Did you cause that accident? Because with that logic, when the cars didnt in fact touch, then you didnt cause it. There was a reason why they left, why would they just hand cherson over to ukraine, putin even claimed cherson was forever russian in a speech..

Yes, packed up and left because they didn't want to die. In military parlance, they call that a 'retreat'.

​@Uncle Scipio a strategic retreat

That's called retreating, and being forced to leave. Also known as being pushed out. Nice try though

@Mandlenkosi Ndhlovu yes, strategically running away.

Good for zelensky

Dnipr river north side is higher ground, very unlikely to flood.

Let's hope it floods their own soldiers who are occupying Ukrainian territory and force them to retreat

@Karl Tsang yes, why would Russia do that to themselves?

@Karl Tsang Makes such sense that russia would blow it up. LOL

@B sure it make sense, there is no chance to cross anything now

Has anyone else noticed how Ukrainian losses are always "difficult to verify"... 🙄

It's at least 50% of Russian losess, or close to the same, won't help either side, Ukraine population is big too, now that they are armed Russia loses even more. This can go on for 10years, and people running out to fight will not be the reason it will end for sure.

The Crimean water canal is fed from the Kakhovka Reservoir, which has just been breached. A number of possibilities arise. 1) Since Ukraine's President Zelensky has just called an emergency meeting, the calling of that meeting, in itself, may be a sign that Ukraine was not responsible. Had they been, any planning and preparation for the breaching of the Kakhovka Dam would already have been completed and all the machinations would be in play. There would also need to have been some strategic purpose to the breaching of the dam. 2) There is the possibility that the Russians breached the dam in preparation for an imminent departure from Crimea. The dam or reservoir provides water to the Crimean peninsula via the North Crimean Canal fed from just upstream of the Kakhovka Reservoir. Consequently, the Russians would otherwise seem to be causing themselves issues with regard to water supply in Crimea, if they intended remaining on the peninsula. The breaching of the dam would provide time for clearing of Russian residents, administrative and military personnel from the peninsula. The waterlogged ground would slow any following Ukrainian military forces, and impede their progress. Since there are few remaining Russian troops on the northern side of the Dneiper River, few would be disadvantaged by the breaching of the dam {if the Russians would have been concerned about them anyway.} I cannot think of any other reasons for the breaching of the Kakhovka Reservoir, though there may obviously be others.

Remember his comedian's skills, don't let him mislead you

@Andrea Altan I guess we can claim that anyone's occupation is a reason that they may mislead you, even if someone has completed a law degree. You haven't convinced me of your capacity to either inform or mislead. It will probably just take a little more time "Andrea".

@PNH 6000  you thinking Russia would simply abandon territory that is theirs is a huge plot hole in your line of thought. What strategic purpose does that even serve??? You don't become a powerful influential nation with moves like that..... and once you are a powerful nation there's absolutely zero incentive to engage in self defeating behavior like that either, especially with the geographic importance Crimea serves to Russia with its access to the black sea. Crimea is never going to be willfully abandoned or surrendered the way you picture it

Now if only you had used your own analysis correctly, you would have the most obvious conclusion that Ukrianie not Ruaaia blew up the dam.

Yeah right, the Russians blew up their own dam, just like they blew up their own pipeline. I expected better editorialising from AJ. I guess that sweet US money is hard to resist.

Ukraine has been shelling the dam for quite a while now but of course its Putin's fault very very funny

That would be horrible...if it was true.

​@Tommie Berggren it didn't. I didn't see any news about destroying of the dam before this day. (I saw only about ZNPP)

@Flexogen need article on washington post? Ukr general said they bombed dam with himers in december 2022

Russia knew this would happen ages ago

Who blew up the dam?

@James Go 205th brigade of the russian army

@All Good Advice Magazine thats what Ukraine said

Important point to be made: If Russia blew it up, or it got hit by Ukrainian shelling doesn‘t matter. It‘s Russia‘s fault either way, given that they invaded and without that invasion there wouldn‘t have been any explosions there either way.

Bot

Wrong. Zelly would not even consider talking. It could have been over two years ago but zelly couldn't line his own pockets if he came to an agreement. Wake up.

​@danielkjm A bot that says the truth. Putin says "Ok, we stop. Pulling out our forces from sovereign ukrainisn territory we agreed to and stop shelling the cities" we would be way further to peace.

There is no real bennefit for Ukrain blocking the water supply to Crimea. When Ukrain takes back Crimea they need that water to. THis braking of the dam is a disaster for Ukrain. The damage will be there for decenia to come, and also the counter offensive will be greatly hindered.

Ukraine will never return Crimea, it is the territory of Russia

Take back crimea from who??

@СЕР РТК nope.. USA is getting involved now...

well played russia.

The dam was essential for the counter offensive if happen on the Kherson front , I believe it's all russian work blowing the dam

Also , if the level of water is critical low , the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant will have no coolant

It's 100% Russian work. Everyone who works gets paid & I cannot wait until Russia gets paid for all their "work."

​@JuleiPutin's only increasing the bill they will have to pay to rebuild Ukraine every day this war continues. I say keep the sanctions in place even after the war ends when it does end, until Russia pays all the reparations for the damages it has done.

100% russian work it's been mined for months

Source trust NATO Jihadists BOT bro

Ukraine can no longer fight, even if they wanted to. So, what better cover for their sure defeat?

Russia: We didn't do it. The video tape: 🧢

shows that it was the comedian's army

@Andrea Altan zelinski is a monsta way worse than pennywise who never had an unlimited budget to sacrifice the Ukrainian boys

Well said

@Andrea Altan wrong 😂

Lol ukr damaged dam in december 2022. Need article on washingon post about it?

Russia obviously convinced it can’t hold Kherson.

You fool, it affects Crimea water and power coolant to Zaporozhye plant and power to the region Russia occupies.

​@P McD Russia cannot hold Crimea, thats why.

@Ouwe Hand dummy 👍

It is important to remember! In December, the Washington Post published an interview with Ukrainian General Andrei Kovalchuk. I quote: "Kovalchuk considered the flooding of the river. Ukrainians, according to him, even struck a test blow from the HIMARS installation at one of the locks of the Novokakhovskaya dam, making three holes in the metal to see if the water of the Dnieper could rise enough to block Russian crossings, but not flood nearby villages. The test was successful, Kovalchuk said, but this step remains an extreme measure." By the way, I'm trying to remember: what was the reaction to this interview from the United States, Europe, the IAEA and all those who are screaming in the West today about Russia's "terrible crime"? You don't remember either?

So youre saying right before launching an offensive ukraine would flood the place they are trying to cross into? Ok youve got great logic there buddy.

@Maxim Goudz yesterday's offensive of Ukraine turned out to be a failure and in order to shift the emphasis from this, a new informational reason is needed, that's all the logic. the offensive is doomed to failure in any case

Seven months ago ukraine warned that russia mined the dam

In terms of Russia limiting war damage on civilians, while Ukraine has been killing civilians since 2014, the dam destruction is an illogical blame to Russia, especially when Ukraine has already been shelling the nuke power plant desperate to create a nuclear wasteland in Russian controlled territory

🤡🙄🤡

​@U A nice mirror reflection

Russia has been indiscriminately targeting civilian controlled areas throught this entire war. And Ukraine hasn't been shelling the powerplant at all.

The fog of war in full effect.

Someone forgot about the key.. I mean the party who has the key for opening and closing the dam, Don't need to blow it up. There is no logic

They do if they plan on blaming someone else. Right?

That is Ukraine M.O Attack/Destroy and say it was the Russians

The Russians had no reason to blow up the Kakhovka Dam if they wanted to flood the area. They simply needed to open the gates to let the water flow and flood the entire territory in its path.

Washington Post Dec 2022"Kovalchuk considered flooding the river. The Ukrainians, he said, even conducted a test strike with a HIMARS launcher on one of the floodgates at the Nova Kakhovka dam, making three holes in the metal to see if the Dnieper’s water could be raised enough to stymie Russian crossings but not flood nearby villages." The dam also supplies water to Crimea, and the heavy floodings are on the Russian side, flooding Russian fortifications. Why would the Russians blow the dam?

More money for zelensky from his sugar daddy sleepy joe

@Yup Sureok bot channel

Oh and be accused of intentional flooding. Of course not, but they tried to accuse Ukraine. They had all the reasons in the world and the first one would be stopping the counteroffensive

if the Ukraine says something..is the Opposite ..we already got it :))))

ik hoop dat je een mooie verjaardag hebt gehad. Nog gefelicteerd.

The world is at stake now 😢

Correction; Europe is at stake.

Zelensky forces blew up the dam with a green light from Washington Zelensky is a liar... Zelensky forces fired missiles into Poland and then blamed Russia Zelensky forces blew up Kerch bridge then blamed Russia Zelensky wanted a distraction from his failed offensive

^^^This talking point didn't make any more sense then when it came from the Kremlin spokesperson. Why would a counter offensive be deemed a failure after only two days? And what does Zelensky accomplish by creating this "distraction."

Who is benefitted from Dam collapse. Collapse only effects Russian speaking or supported Region .

The Dam that Russia complained about before the war ever started!

So they are Guilty Right.

​@Oldenshort Russia blew up the dam?

​@James Go obvious

I'm guessing Russia realizes they're unlikely to hold on to Crimea much longer

I'm guessing you've made a bad decision ditching drug diversion again.

Bruhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Lmao😂😂 you should stop the crack

@Herrin Schadenfreude its called the truth. sometimes it hurts.

This dude drank all the Kool aid

Why would you blow up the dam that you control and open it at will? it's like Nord Stream all over again. :face_palm:

😂😂 Ukraine is about to take it back 😂 How delusional can you be 🤣🤣🤣

the real question is for how long

Dam is 30 meters high, not 3m

This has been expected for a long time. Kerch Bridge is next.

Such death and misery and destruction because of one awful dictator.

So, there is the recording of the explosion in question and it is clearly one huge explosion, not a series of shelling. Make of it what you will

Do you have a link to the video?

​@Dominik Brand Search on youtube,you will find it

That's why I want Putin to be in Hague. He has to be found guilty for this

Think of all of the wildlife being killed, the water sources polluted, and the land being polluted by all of this. Not to mention the horrible loss of innocent civilians and children. The human race never seems to learn from history. WE NEED PEACE NOW!!!

All because of one US lapdog 🐕 Zelensky

I don't blame the human race. I blame inhuman folks; and to be specific I blame aggressors (that's a term open to debate). Quite simply, in human relationships there's just two types— (1) takers, and (2) traders Traders (yay!) work by value-for-value in mutually agreed exchanges. Takers rely on force or guile to take other folks's property from them. It seems that the nice (?) Mr Putin is very much a taker. And— —I don't see him surviving to a ripe old age. Still, it's his call ...

@zoomat least you didn’t blame Joe Biden this time! Shows your expanding intellectually.

Stop lying! (Maj. Gen. Andriy Kovalchuk, the initial commander of the Ukrainian counteroffensive in the Kherson region) "Kovalchuk considered flooding the river. The Ukrainians, he said, even conducted a test strike with a HIMARS launcher on one of the floodgates at the Nova Kakhovka dam, making three holes in the metal to see if the Dnieper’s water could be raised enough to stymie Russian crossings but not flood nearby villages. The test was a success, Kovalchuk said, but the step remained a last resort. He held off." The washington post December 29, 2022 at 1:00 a.m. EST

That job was done by the terror state Russia. Ukraine has no reason to do this when we know they want to attack Russia from the other side of the river. So what does Russia do with this? They make it harder for Ukraine to cross the river.

It is so sad to see how human beings really really hate each other and it's so sad because Jesus Christ is he's sick of all this and this Jesus Christ is sick of the hate that people have any hearts and hate is that sure you don't have to be hateful you don't have to do all this stuff it's just in your heart it's a sin it's a evilness to send you you have to ask God to take it out of you even if you don't believe in God please people stop killing each other I know the Holy Bible does say that all these things will happen the Bible said and these things are happening every day every time you turn around somebody killing each other in the Bible saying that this is just the beginning of sorrow this is not even the end of the world it's going to get worse and worse than kill Jesus Christ come back and show his face for who he is. People keep in mind that you can get help if you have a mental illness. I am African American born and raised in Los Angeles California in the u.s.a. we have more races out here than anywhere on Earth and it's sad to see how people hate you because of the color of your skin.

Is there no way to power off a nuclear reactor if you know there is danger to it melting down

" The world’s atomic energy watchdog warned the warring sides not to undermine the safety of the nearby nuclear power plant in Zaporizhzhia, but said there was currently “no immediate risk” to it. "

You shows old photos from last year! Now, there is nothing at the place of the dam😢

story is super convincing just like the russian blew up the nord stream

You sound sarcastic. How is it not convincing that Russia did this to make the counter-offensive more difficult? Especially since russians celebrated on telegram and twitter when the dam first broke.

@Kevin Uchiha Why would you think quest sounds sarcastic? Because you don't believe it either.

@NONANTI because he used exaggerated language. You only say "super convincing" if you say it sarcastically.

Thank you AlJazeera , finally a news channel not on Kievs payroll , news must be unbiased no matter which side is losing or winning not a propaganda .

How does Putin taste 😮

The dam was falling apart for the past 36 hours

"So the serpent spewed water out of his mouth like a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away by the flood." Revelation 12:15 NKJV

leave the conversation to the adults🙄🙄

🤣 this is no act of god