🔥 Destruction

The explosion of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant killed 7 people and injured 15 on the right bank of Kherson region.

June 6, 2023 Kardashynka, Kherson Oblast

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Ukrinform Censor.NET Kyiv Independent Kyiv Post Ukrainska Pravda

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Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

Kakhovka HPP explosion killed 7 people on the right bank

Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

Kakhovka HPP explosion injured 15 people on the right bank

Censor.NET → Source tone: certain

The Russian invaders blew up the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station on June 6, causing one of the biggest environmental and economic disasters in Ukraine.

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Russian troops destroyed the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant and dam on June 6, 2023

Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

Russian occupation forces carried out a controlled explosion of the Kakhovka Reservoir Dam

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

The non-humans (Russian forces), having already destroyed the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant, are now attempting to create a new environmental disaster by targeting the hydroelectric infrastructure of Dnipro HPP and its dam.

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Extracted: 2026-02-16T21:57:25.668Z

Source story: 3811201-oleksandr-prokudin-head-of-kherson-regional-military-administration