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The Russian Foreign Ministry falsely claimed that Ukraine is
planning to sabotage the Kyiv Hydroelectric Power Plant (Kyiv HPP) and the
Kaniv Reservoir to blame Russia, aiming to incite panic among Ukrainians, Ukraine’s
Center for Countering Disinformation reported on
Telegram on July 12.
Russian propaganda outlets TASS and RIA Novosti are
responsible for disseminating these claims made by Russian Foreign Ministry
spokeswoman Maria Zakharova.
“The narratives about the necessity of ‘peace at any cost’ are
being pushed into Ukrainian society, essentially calling for capitulation,” the
Center said.
“The enemy hopes that Ukrainians, under the sway of fear,
will clamor for concessions to Russia.”
Russia lacks the means and capability to destroy the dams
near Kyiv and Kaniv, the Center said.
Following the Russian destruction of the Kakhovka
Hydroelectric Power Plant (Kakhovka HPP) in 2023, Russian dictator Vladimir
Putin falsely accused Ukraine of orchestrating the station’s destruction.
Russia’s Foreign Ministry also echoed these claims.
Russian forces’ Kakhovka Dam sabotage in the Summer of 2023
Russian forces detonated the Kakhovka HPP overnight on June 6,
2023, which they had controlled for over a year. Cities and villages
downstream along the Dnipro River were partially or completely flooded, killing over 75 people.
The number of casualties from the dam explosion in the
occupied territories remains unknown. According to AP investigations, between
200 and 300 people drowned in the flooded town of Oleshky, Kherson Oblast.
Ukraine’s General Staff reported that Russians found over 60
bodies as a result of the flooding following the detonation of the dam and
planned to bury them in mass graves without identification.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy referred to the
Russian terrorist attack on the Kakhovka Dam as the largest man-made
environmental catastrophe in Europe in decades.
The Prosecutor General’s Office has initiated a pre-trial
investigation into the facts of ecocide and violations of laws and customs of
war and has filed a referral to the International Criminal Court.
Russians’ detonation of the Kakhovka reservoir caused
depopulation (iridization) in southern Ukraine to likely intensify, analysts
suggest.
Ukraine’s Internal Affairs Ministry announced on Sep. 1,
2023, the completion of the main stage of the aftermath mitigation following
the Russian detonation of the Kakhovka Dam.
Interior Ministry states:
180 settlements in Kherson, Dnipropetrovsk, and Mykolaiv
oblasts, with a population of nearly 900,000 people, were affected by the
disaster
Almost 700,000 Ukrainians were left without access to
drinking water
148,000 tons of drinking and technical water, 119,000 tons
of food and essentials were delivered
Over two thousand Internal Affairs Ministry employees, 300 units of machinery, and over a hundred watercraft were involved in the aftermath mitigation efforts daily.
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