Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that Russian occupiers had mined the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant dam and planned a monumental disaster.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that Russian occupiers mined the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant dam.

Russian troops had mined the dam at the Russian-occupied Kakhovka Hydropower Plant.

If the dam is blown up, more than 80 settlements will be flooded, affecting hundreds of thousands of people.

The Kremlin threatened to blow up the Nova Kakhovka Dam, endangering more than 80 populated areas.

Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba stated that Ukraine is working to convey to Russia that even preparations to blow up the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Station entail responsibility and must be punished.

Kuleba characterized blowing up the Kakhovka HPP as similar to using a weapon of mass destruction.