Ogee wrote: Wed Jun 07, 2023 6:20 pm
are you saying the Washington Post did not publish this story?
- if you are then you are wrong and should have checked before posting and making yourself look like an idiot.
- if you are not then you are just spamming and trolling and making yourself look like an idiot.
As it looks now, the dam has breached because of a state of disrepair, it was under Russian control but noone has seen to the maintenance of the plant and dam, and water levels has been at a yearly high.
theres satellite photos and reports of it breaking more and more the days/week before it collapsed:
https://www.businessinsider.com/kakhovk ... ?r=US&IR=T
The photos spreading around at the time of the collapse also doesnt show any damage from explosions, its cleanly cut off, water pressure bcame too high and pushed through, no explosion marks etc.
The most likely scenario is that it has been left umanaged on the controlling side(russia)
I dont think any side would bomb it, more than the parts of the runway that russia bombed after a retreat last year(shouldnt have affected the dam though)
Both sides had too much to loose on the dam breaking. Ukraines offensive would be significantly harder and civilians and ecology would take huge damage,m and on russias side crimea and trenches would have great problems aswell.
"water cresting above the top" " no regulation happening" 17th may, it were signs of a disaster incoming already then
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/17/worl ... hovka.html