The Kakhovka HPP was completely destroyed, with its engine room blown up and the station deemed beyond repair.
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Russian occupiers blew up the Kakhovka HPP
The destruction by Russia of the Nova Kakhovka dam on 6 June 2023, which not only led to an enormous damage and suffering below the dam, but also emptied the Kakhovka reservoir which is the ultimate cooling water reservoir for the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant
Hundreds of settlements were left without a source of water for irrigation, leading to land degradation and decline of agriculture
In the early hours of June 6, 2023, Russian forces detonated the dam of the Kakhovka Reservoir.
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