The Russians may blow up the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station in the Kherson region. If they decide to do this, Crimea will definitely not get water.
Alexei Danilov, Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council, spoke about this on the air of the national telethon. According to him, President Volodymyr Zelensky held a meeting on the situation at the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station on October 20.
“We examined this issue. water supply to Crimea will be closed once and for all. It will be impossible to restore it in the next 5-7 years,” Danilov said.
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As the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council noted, Ukraine today has information about what the enemy is doing at the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station. Danilov stressed that they are not talking about electricity, but about more terrible things. It will be a catastrophe of enormous proportions if the occupiers make such a decision. This will mean that the issue of Crimea was not even an issue for them.
The Russians now have their representatives at the facility. Danilov said that Ukraine has not received electricity from the Kakhovka HPP for a certain period of time.
We understand what will happen in certain processes. This issue will be considered at the next meeting of the Supreme Commander's Headquarters. I will not name the date and timeframe, but we are ready for any development of events,” Danilov added. =”news-subtitle cke-markup” dir=”ltr”>Danger at the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station: latest news
- The American Institute for the Study of War believes that the Russians could blow up The Kakhovka hydroelectric power station to cover the withdrawal from the right bank of the Dnieper and delay the advance of the defenders.
- President Volodymyr Zelensky said that the Russians had mined the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station. If it is blown up, then about 80 settlements of the South will be flooded. In particular, Kherson.
- According to military expert Roman Svitan, the invaders want to cover the entrance to Crimea in this way.
- Activist from Kherson Vladimir Molchanov noted that if the invaders blow up the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station, they will violate its defenses on the left bank.