The Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant was blown up by Russian forces, causing massive flooding that damaged the Nyzhnodniprovskyi National Park with estimated damage of US$1.2 billion
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The blowing up of the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant by the Russians has caused an estimated US$1.2 billion worth of damage to the Nyzhnodniprovskyi (Lower Dnipro) National Park
Explosions were reported in the occupied Henichesk district of Kherson Oblast.
The explosion impacted a dining room in a local resort facility in Shchaslyvtseve.
Russian plans to blow up the plant were well advanced and that if the explosives were to be set off 'thousands of tons of toxic materials would be released' in an industrial accident 'worse than Chornobyl.'
Explosions were heard in occupied Henichesk, Kherson region, and smoke columns are visible.
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Extracted: 2026-05-30T04:21:08.983Z
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