A breach of the enormous Nova Kakhovka dam, a remnant of the Soviet era, was captured on video on Tuesday in the region of southern Ukraine under Russian control. The deliberate strike has been attributed to both Russia and Ukraine. According to The Guardian, the Nova Kakhovka dam is located 30 kilometers to the east of Kherson on the Dnipro River in Ukraine.
The reservoir of the dam provides cooling water for the largest nuclear power plant in Europe, Zaporizhzhia
The dam is 3.2 kilometers long and 30 meters tall. According to the outflow, it was constructed in 1956 as a component of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power project. The reservoir of the dam provides cooling water for the largest nuclear power plant in Europe, Zaporizhzhia. The reservoir has a similar amount of water in it as Utah’s Great Salt Lake. Kherson and other nearby communities could be flooded by the water wall emanating from it.
“The destruction of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant dam only confirms for the whole world that they must be expelled from every corner of Ukrainian land,” President Volodymyr Zelenskiy wrote on the Telegram messaging app. With water levels surging higher, many thousands of people are likely to be affected. Evacuations of civilians began on both sides of the front line. 22,000 people living across 14 settlements in Ukraine’s southern Kherson region are at risk of flooding, Russian installed officials said. They told people to be ready to evacuate. Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said that up to 80 settlements were at risk of flooding.
