💥 Attack

Ukrainian Special Operations Forces destroyed the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant (HPP), causing flooding in Kherson Oblast that cut off dozens of Russian soldiers from land.

June 16, 2023 Kherson, Kherson Oblast

Likely Reported by 3 independent sources

Ukrainska Pravda Kyiv Independent Censor.NET

Two or more independent sources agree on the core facts. Additional sources would further strengthen this assessment.

Entities

Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant (weapon_system) Special Operations Forces (military_unit) Russia (organization) Russian military (organization) Kherson (location) Russian forces (organization) Novoberyslav (location) Tavriiskyi district (location) Korabelnyi district (location) Russian Armed Forces (military_unit) Andrii Yermak (person) Ukrainian Armed Forces (military_unit) Russian Federation (organization) Korabelnaya Square (location)

Source Reports

Ukrainska Pravda →

Ukrainian Special Operations Forces destroyed the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant (HPP), causing flooding in Kherson Oblast that cut off dozens of Russian soldiers from land.

Kyiv Independent →

Russian forces struck Kherson Oblast 54 times using artillery, mortars, drones, aviation, Grad MLRS, and missiles.

Kyiv Independent →

The attacks in Kherson Oblast killed two people and injured two more.

Censor.NET →

Over the past day, Ukrainian forces removed three large cannons which struck with large calibers on the right bank.

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Extracted: 2026-07-18T17:02:04.919Z

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