UPDATE:
The White House just cucked on blaming Russia.
White House: U.S. closely monitoring impact of dam destruction in Ukraine. Likely many deaths in the dam blast. U.S. doing best it can to assess reports Russia was behind dam blast. U.S. cannot say conclusively what happened with the dam
— CGTN America (@cgtnamerica) June 6, 2023
lol.
They’ll probably blame “non-state actors” like they did with Nord Stream.
Some rogue group launching American-made missiles.
Original article follows.
Before and After
So after their failed attempts to penetrate the front line, with their probes getting totally wrecked, the Ukies decided to… blow up a major hydroelectric dam in Kherson, an area controlled by Russia.
Shockingly – or I guess not? – the West is claiming that Russia blew up their own dam for reasons no one can begin to grasp.
RT:
A major breach of the Kakhovka hydroelectric dam in Russia’s Kherson Region inundated huge swaths of land on the banks of the Dnieper River, prompting large-scale evacuation efforts in the area. Moscow claimed that the facility was damaged by a Ukrainian strike, while Kiev placed the blame on Russia.
Built in 1956, the 30-meter tall and 3.2-kilometer-long Kakhovka hydroelectric dam contains some 18 cubic kilometers of water, roughly the same volume as the Great Salt Lake in the US state of Utah.
What happened?
On Tuesday morning, Vladimir Leontyev, the mayor of Novaya Kakhovka, a city located close to the dam, said that part of the facility had been destroyed by a Ukrainian strike, which reportedly used a multiple launch rocket system.
With at least 14 of dam’s 28 spans having collapsed, Leontyev said that the water level in the area had risen by more than ten meters, resulting in the town being flooded. Against this backdrop, the local authorities started evacuating residents from several riverside settlements, with some 300 buildings being vacated.
Russian officials also said that 14 nearby settlements with a total population of 22,000 are at risk of flooding. Meanwhile, Kiev assessed that some 80 towns are now in the danger zone and also ordered evacuations from the towns it currently occupies.
Leontyev stated that the water level will return to normal within 72 hours.
Who is to blame?
Kremlin Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov claimed that the incident “was caused by a deliberate Ukrainian sabotage,” warning of “dire ramifications” for tens of thousands of local residents and the ecosystem.
He noted that the sabotage was aimed at cutting the water supply to the Russian Crimea peninsula, adding that the strikes appeared to have been linked to the recent large-scale Ukrainian attacks on the Donbass front, which were thwarted by Russian defenses.
However, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky claimed that the dam was damaged in a Russian “terrorist attack,” while his top aide, Mikhail Podoliak, accused Moscow of staging the “biggest environmental disaster in Europe in decades.” He believes that the incident was meant to throw a wrench in the much-hyped Ukrainian counteroffensive that Kiev has been promising for months.
Numerous Western officials appeared to take Kiev’s side, with European Council President Charles Michel writing on Twitter that “the destruction of civilian infrastructure clearly qualifies as a war crime,” vowing to “hold Russia and its proxies accountable.”
The claim that the Russians would bomb their own dam just makes me feel like I’m going to start stuttering.
The dam was literally being operated by Russia, providing water and power to Russia-controlled territory.
But they bombed it themselves???
What is the point of such an act?
CNN is suggesting Russia did it – while also admitting Russia was in control of the territory for more than a year. They even admitted that Russia had artillery batteries there.
The destruction of a major critical dam on the Dnipro River has prompted evacuations in Ukraine’s southern Kherson region as floodwaters rise.
Follow live updates: https://t.co/OrbjaAoAsd pic.twitter.com/osY04JBlDQ
— CNN International (@cnni) June 6, 2023
What what what?
This is what the deal is: the Ukraine can just do whatever they want, because the Jew media and the Jew governments of the West will just say Russia did whatever the Ukraine does.
This media is literally like “stop hitting yourself, Russia! Why do you keep hitting yourself??”
Look at this faggot:
⚡️ ⚡️ ⚡️ RUSSIA EXPLODED DAM
❗️❗️The 🇷🇺 occupiers openly declare, in writingC that they have destroyed the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric plant.
If this is really true and the dam is destroyed, it threatens to flood everything downstream, including Kherson, hundreds of thousands of… pic.twitter.com/N42CshXr20
— Jason Jay Smart (@officejjsmart) June 6, 2023
Russian Crimea will be without water for 10-15 years.
But Russia did this.
To punish their own people, for no reason.
They’re all saying Russia did this “to their own people.”
#UkraineWar #RussianWarCrimes#Russia didn't hesitate to commit a war crime against his own people. The #Russians flooded #NovaKakhovka , where they nevertheless settled. 🇷🇺 reports that it will not be necessary to evacuate civilians. #Ukraine #dam #Kherson #counteroffensive… pic.twitter.com/ajaxol4886
— 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐊𝐎𝐌𝐒𝐀 | 🇪🇺🇫🇷🇵🇱🇺🇦 (@tweetforAnna) June 6, 2023
I think probably, you’re going to see mostly silence from the US media, because this narrative is just too stupid, and they also can’t admit that the Ukraine just caused a massive environmental disaster that is of little or no strategic purpose.
It’s possible Kiev did this without US permission.
Or maybe the Americans are just this nuts now.
Who even knows.