Ukrainian Navy spokesman Dmytro Pletenchuk stated that approximately 400 sea mines may be in the Black Sea, washed away after Russia's destruction of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station.
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There may be about 400 sea mines in the Black Sea, but it is difficult to estimate the exact number due to the mines washed away as a result of the Kakhovka HPP explosion.
The latest official figures announced by the authorities are 400 mines, but this is a rather approximate number.
Dnipro River was mined quite densely, and after the occupiers blew up the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant, of course, the big water washed it all away into the Dnipro-Bug estuary.
The number of mines will be determined only during the demining operations in the Black Sea. The global experience of similar conflicts shows that this is a job for years.
400 mines are in the Black Sea, but this is approximate considering how many explosive devices got into the water when Russia destroyed Kakhovka HPP
There may be about 400 mines in the Black Sea.
Mine-explosive devices fell into the water as a result of the destruction of the Kakhovka HPP by Russians.
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