🔥 Destruction

Russian troops blew up the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant in June 2023, causing a large-scale humanitarian and environmental disaster across southern Ukraine.

Kakhovka Dam, Kherson Oblast
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Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Russian troops blew up the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant causing a large-scale humanitarian and environmental disaster

Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

Russians blew up the dam of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant on the night of June 6

Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

The destruction caused flooding in Kherson region and deprived southern regions of Ukraine of a source of fresh water

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

Russian forces blew up the Kakhovka HPP on June 6, causing flooding, casualties and environmental disaster

Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

Zelenskyy said the blast occurred at 2:50 am local time (23:50 GMT).

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Extracted: 2026-04-03T18:37:52.844Z

Source story: ukrhydroenergo-russian-attacks-result-in-more-than-3-3-billion-in-damages-to-ukraine