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https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2023/jun/06/russia-uk... ("Russia-Ukraine war live: dam near Kherson destroyed by Russian forces, says Ukraine, sparking evacuations")
So: 1. What side does this help? 2. How does this action help that side?
Benefits the Russians who have been dealing with a Ukranian counter-offensive, and commentators have been wondering if Ukraine would attempt to cross the Dnipro and mount a counter-offensive to cut Crimea off from the mainland. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tRYWbVD5AE is a great visualization of why that task is basically impossible now.
So: 1. What side does this help? 2. How does this action help that side?
- settlements on river banks will be swept away
- the biggest nuclear power plant in Europe, ZNPP, won't be restarted due to lack of cooling
- Crimea will lost access to fresh water
- First line of defence for both sides are swept away.
- it will be harder for Ukraine side to mount an amphibious assault
Is this a deliberate flooding to stop troops? Like the dutch did: https://neverwasmag.com/2016/07/how-the-dutch-would-flood-th...
Without this dam, Crimea will be without water for at least next 3 to 5 years after Ukraine recaptures it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kakhovka_Hydroelectric_Power_P...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banqiao_Dam
(old link with color topo and some color commentary)
https://www.reddit.com/r/NonCredibleDefense/comments/yansa7/...
Total madness.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/06/nova-kakhovka-...
"The reservoir it contains holds an estimated 18 cubic kilometres of water, about the same volume as the Great Salt Lake in Utah. Bursting the dam could send a wall of water flooding settlements below it, including Kherson, which Ukrainian forces recaptured in late 2022"
In 1941 the retreating Red Army blew a different dam, the Dnieper/Dnipro dam, up to a hundred thousand people died on that occasion...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dnieper_Hydroelectric_Station#...
Is this a deliberate flooding to stop troops? Like the dutch did: https://neverwasmag.com/2016/07/how-the-dutch-would-flood-th...
No, it's a scorched earth tactic, in preparation to abandoning Crimea. Without this dam, Crimea will be without water for at least next 3 to 5 years after Ukraine recaptures it.