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Kakhovka Dam

dam and hydroelectric station, Ukraine
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  • Russia-Ukraine War
    Russia-Ukraine War
    / Ukraine’s 2023 counteroffensive and the destruction of Kakhovka Dam

    …when the Russians blew up Kakhovka Dam, a major hydroelectric station on the Dnipro River, on June 6. Over the following days, an ecological disaster unfolded as one of the largest reservoirs in Europe drained into the Dnipro basin, flooding some 240 square miles (620 square km) of territory, killing…

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    …when the Russians blew up Kakhovka Dam, a major hydroelectric station on the Dnipro River, on June 6. Over the following days, an ecological disaster unfolded as one of the largest reservoirs in Europe drained into the Dnipro basin, flooding some 240 square miles (620 square km) of territory, killing…

    Read More