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Yes, they have done it, the act of ecocide. It was predicted almost a year ago when it was first reported that the Russians had mined the dam. They've been preparing for it. Over the past few months, they have been draining the reservoir while simultaneously filling all reservoirs in Crimea, because blowing up this dam means no more fresh water supply to Crimea. So everyone who claimed that Russia invaded Ukraine to secure fresh water for Crimea can now go fuck themselves.
Of course they first claimed it was Ukraine's doing. Although some occupiers already happily admit that it was russia who blew it up, and call for blowing up more of Ukraine's infrastructure.
It's typical russian scorched earth tactics. Blowing up the dam can possibly prevent the Ukrainian army landing on the left bank of the Dnipro, and it frees russian troops from the left bank, meaning they can be sent as reinforcement to other front lines, for example, in the Donetsk region.
It is probably the greatest ecological catastrophe since Chornobyl, with thousands of people affected, left homeless, entire villages destroyed probably forever. But the russians don't give two fucks about that. They don't care about any life. Their main objective is not necessarily to claim the land for themselves, but rather to ensure it is not Ukrainian. If they cannot have it, they want to leave it uninhabitable.
Edit: not sure this is a new video, so removed it for now
#Kakhovka HPP#Nova Kakhovka#Ukraine#russian war crimes#ecocide#genocide#russia is a terrorist state#redefining the word terrorism
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tonight russians blew Nova Kakhovka dam. wonder what that means? lets see
- water from there was used for endangering Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant
- also, it was used for irrigation of more than 400 thousand hectares of land in the adjacent regions
- something about 500 thousands of people won't have access to drinking water and the nearest cities aren't fucking cities anymore, because they are flooded
- the Black Sea ecosystem is under threat of destruction, as it's water will become less salty due to this freshwater outflow
to quickly summarise, this is a terrorist attack that's causing an industrial disaster, thousands of destroyed lives and an environmental disaster
and what's interesting, do you know where Nova Kakhovka is? it's in the south. yeah-yeah the same south where all the food is usually growing. don't come whining and crying and cursing next year when yall won't have half of the food you eat because do you fucking know where you used to get it from all these years? from the fucking south of Ukraine.
because for almost year and a half all these peacekeeping organizations and leaders of countries were waiting for us to stop fighting, while they fucking should have been stopping a terrorist country
#russia is a terrorist state#Nova Kakhovka#stand with Ukraine and start FUCKING DOING SOMETHING#russian war crimes#Ukraine
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#ukraine#russia#russia is a terrorist state#genocide#fuck russia#stand with ukraine#support ukraine#russian war crimes#genocide of ukrainians#russian culture#nova kakhovka#kakhovka#kakhovka dam
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The Construction of the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Station by Oleksandr Vovk, 1955
#Oleksandr Vovk#1950s#Kakhovka Hydroelectric Station#Nova Kakhovka#construction#industrial#Ukrainian art#Ukraine
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Rescuers assisting with evacuations in Kherson saved a dog that was drowning in flood waters. (c)
photo: Serhii Korovayny for The Wall Street Journal
TO HELP ANIMALS
#Ukraine#russia is a terrorist state#nova kakhovka#ecocide#animals#animal rights#dog#save animals#save ukraine#russian invades ukraine#donations#signal boost#boost this#boost post#war
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I looked a bit into the construction of the Nova Kakhovka dam in the early 1950s... turns out the dam was specifically designed to withstand direct hits (!) by US Air Force strategic bombing. Ukraine doesn't have anything remotely capable to blow up this massive concrete construction. The only spot, where you could blow up this massive dam was where turbine hall and spill dam met... and the russians controlled that section since March 2022. I am sure the US will release proof the russian blew the dam up later today or tomorrow.
via Thomas C. Theiner twitter
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#russia is a terrorist state#nova kakhovka#kherson#kakhovka hpp#russian war crimes#russian agression#Ukraine
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Right now, russians are shooting at the rescue teams trying to evacuate civilians from the severely flooded areas of Ukraine – several rescue teams are reporting from the ground that they are under russian artillery fire.
First russia blows up the water reservoir, creating a disaster of gargantuan proportion, killing civilians and animals, and now they bomb humanitarian efforts.
Not my own words, but someone put it aptly: russia is a failed, decomposed society, a country that chooses death and destruction at every turn.
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russia blew up Kakhovska HPP.Another act of terrorism and a global threat, the consequences of these actions could be colossal and unpredictable.
#ukraine#ukraine under attack#ukrainians#kherson#war in ukraine#war#russia is a terrorist state#nova kakhovka#Kakhovska HPP#pray for ukraine#stand with ukraine#pray for ukrainians#stop war#pray for ukrainian soldiers#stop genocide#ecological catastrophe#ecology
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06.06.2023 Russians language day... 🤦♀️🤦♂️🤷🏻♀️🤷♂️🤬🤬🤬🥺
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The wall of a major dam in southern Ukraine collapsed Tuesday, triggering floods, endangering Europe’s largest nuclear power plant and threatening drinking water supplies as both sides in the war rushed to evacuate residents and blamed each other for the destruction.
Ukraine accused Russian forces of blowing up the Kakhovka dam and hydroelectric power station on the Dnieper River in an area that Moscow controls, while Russian officials blamed Ukrainian bombardment in the contested area. It was not possible to verify the claims.
The potentially far-reaching environmental and social consequences of the disaster quickly became clear as homes, streets and businesses flooded downstream and emergency crews began evacuations; officials raced to check cooling systems at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant; and authorities expressed concern about supplies of drinking water to the south in Crimea, which Russia illegally annexed in 2014.
Both Russian and Ukrainian authorities brought in trains and buses for residents. About 22,000 people live in areas at risk of flooding in Russian-controlled areas, while 16,000 live in the most critical zone in Ukrainian-held territory, according to official tallies. Neither side reported any deaths or injuries.
The dam break added a stunning new dimension to Russia’s war in Ukraine, now in its 16th month. Ukrainian forces were widely seen to be moving forward with a long-anticipated counteroffensive in patches along more than 1,000 kilometers (621 miles) of front line in the east and south.
It was not immediately clear whether either side benefits from the damage to the dam, since both Russian-controlled and Ukrainian-held lands are at risk. The damage could also hinder Ukraine’s counteroffensive in the south and distract its government, while Russia depends on the dam to supply water to Crimea.
Patricia Lewis, director of the International Security Program at Chatham House think tank in London, said apportioning blame is difficult but “there are all sorts of reasons why Russia would do this.”
“There were reports (last fall) of Russians having mined the reservoir. The question we should pose is why the Ukrainians would do this to themselves, given this is Ukrainian territory,” she said.
Experts have previously said the dam was suffering from disrepair. David Helms, a retired American scientist who has monitored the reservoir since the start of the war, said in an e-mail that it wasn’t clear if the damage was deliberate or simple neglect from Russian forces occupying the facility.
But Helms reserved judgement, also noting a Russian history of attacking dams.
Authorities, experts and residents have expressed concern for months about water flows through — and over — the Kakhovka dam. After heavy rains and snow melt last month, water levels rose beyond normal levels, flooding nearby villages. Satellite images showed water washing over damaged sluice gates.
Amid official outrage, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he convened an urgent meeting of the National Security Council. He alleged Russian forces set off a blast inside the dam structure at 2:50 a.m. (2350 GMT Monday) and said about 80 settlements were in danger. Zelenskyy said in October his government had information that Russia had mined the dam and power plant.
But Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov called it “a deliberate act of sabotage by the Ukrainian side … aimed at cutting water supplies to Crimea.”
Both sides warned of a looming environmental disaster. Ukraine’s Presidential Office said some 150 metric tons of oil escaped from the dam machinery and that another 300 metric tons could still leak out.
Andriy Yermak, the head of Ukraine’s President’s Office, posted a video showing swans swimming near an administrative building in the flooded streets of Russian-occupied Nova Kakhovka, a city in the Kherson region where some 45,000 people lived before the war. Other footage he posted showed flood waters reaching the second floor of the building.
Ukraine’s Interior Ministry urged residents of 10 villages on the Dnieper’s right bank and parts of the city of Kherson downriver to gather essential documents and pets, turn off appliances, and leave, while cautioning against possible disinformation.
The Russian-installed mayor of occupied Nova Kakhovka, Vladimir Leontyev, said it was being evacuated as water poured into the city.
Ukraine’s nuclear operator Energoatom said in a Telegram statement that the damage to the dam “could have negative consequences” for the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, which is Europe’s biggest, but wrote that for now the situation is “controllable.”
The U.N.’s International Atomic Energy Agency said in a statement there was “no immediate risk to the safety of the plant,” which requires water for its cooling system.
It said that IAEA staff on site have been told the dam level is falling by 5 centimeters (2 inches) an hour. At that rate, the supply from the reservoir should last a few days, it said.
The plant also has alternative sources of water, including a large cooling pond than can provide water “for some months,” the statement said.
Ukrainian authorities have previously warned that the dam’s failure could unleash 18 million cubic meters (4.8 billion gallons) of water and flood Kherson and dozens of other areas where thousands of people live.
The World Data Center for Geoinformatics and Sustainable Development, a Ukrainian nongovernmental organization, estimated that nearly 100 villages and towns would be flooded. It also reckoned that the water level would start dropping only after five-seven days.
A total collapse in the dam would wash away much of the broad river’s left bank, according to the Ukraine War Environmental Consequences Working Group, an organization of environmental activists and experts documenting the war’s environmental effects.
Mykhailo Podolyak, a senior adviser to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said that “a global ecological disaster is playing out now, online, and thousands of animals and ecosystems will be destroyed in the next few hours.”
Video posted online showed floodwaters inundating a long roadway; another showed a beaver scurrying for high ground from rising waters.
The incident also drew international condemnation, including from German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, who said the “outrageous act … demonstrates once again the brutality of Russia’s war in Ukraine.”
Ukraine controls five of the six dams along the Dnieper, which runs from its northern border with Belarus down to the Black Sea and is crucial for the country’s drinking water and power supply.
Ukraine’s state hydro power generating company wrote in a statement that “The station cannot be restored.” Ukrhydroenergo also claimed Russia blew up the station from inside the engine room.
Leontyev, the Russian-appointed mayor, said numerous Ukrainian strikes on the Kakhovka hydroelectric plant destroyed its valves, and “water from the Kakhovka reservoir began to uncontrollably flow downstream.” Leontyev added that damage to the station was beyond repair, and it would have to be rebuilt.
Ukraine and Russia have previously accused each other of targeting the dam with attacks.
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Putin's destruction of the Kakhovska dam in Ukraine adds to the climate emergency. Too much coverage of it ignores the environmental aspects of this act of desperation.
Overall, Russia's invasion of Ukraine is not just a genocidal act of aggression by an imperialist power headed by an unbalanced dictator. The invasion is an ongoing act of environmental war against Planet Earth.
The destruction of the Kakhovska dam has caused massive damage, flooding homes and habitats, killing animals, plants and insects en masse. It has contaminated water, washed away landmines and other explosive weapons, and posed a new threat to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. So far, evidence points strongly in favour of an explosion.
The flooding has also impacted protected areas that are part of the transnational Emerald Network, including several national nature parks: Velykyi Luh (which remains illegally occupied by Russia), Kam’ianska Sich and Nyzhniodniprovskyi.
This will severely damage biodiversity in Ukraine and contribute to the sixth mass extinction of species globally.
Ecocide is not yet an established part of international law. But it is part of Ukrainian law.
The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court does not list ecocide as an international crime, but it is part of Ukraine’s criminal code – and Ukraine can set an international precedent by holding Russia accountable for environmental harm.
We need to speak out more about the environmental calamity of Putin's invasion.
Environmental organisations globally must take urgent action in support of Ukraine and against Russian colonial violence. It is not enough to just lobby against fossil fuel extraction; we must recognise that the end of Russian imperialism is key to the struggle for climate justice. Ukrainian environmental activists have spoken about the increase in CO2 emissions caused by the Russian invasion.
If climate emergency initiatives only remember Ukraine in relation to the global food crisis and crop shortages (the destruction of the Kakhovska dam has further damaged the country’s agricultural sector) or the impact the war has had on the global fossil fuel economy, but remain silent and inactive when Ukrainians are killed by flooding and shelling, they are complicit in Russia’s invasion.
While there's not yet a specific international law on ecocide, there are currently some aspects of the law which could hold Putin and his henchmen accountable for several acts which have affected the environment.
Here is Article 56 (Sections 1 & 2) of Protocol I of 1977 to the Geneva Conventions 1949.
Clearly the destruction of the dam at Kakhovka is covered. So is the vandalism, theft, and destruction at the site of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster. Though it's likely that some of the Russian occupiers who camped out at Chernobyl last year may have already died of radiation sickness. Yes, Moscow has had a hand in Europe's two worst environmental disasters of the past 40 years.
Although the culprits may currently be inaccessible, there's plenty of evidence to launch investigations prior to prosecution. Putin and his accomplices must never again be able to live normal lives.
#invasion of ukraine#ecocide#the environment#kakhovska dam#nova kakhovka#environmental disaster#chernobyl#russia#vladimir putin#war crimes#neo-colonialism#the geneva conventions#crimes against the planet#россия#екоцид#владимир путин#военные преступления#путлер#путин хуйло#руки прочь от украины!#нова каховка#путин – это лжедмитрий iv а не пётр великий#союз постсоветских клептократических ватников#геть з україни#вторгнення оркостану в україну#міжнародний кримінальний суд#україна переможе#слава україні!#героям слава!
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Nova Kakhovka (c) Natalia Leschenko @natashale777
#ukraine#украина#україна#russia#россия#росія#putin#путин#путін#война#war#art#illustration#nova kakhovka#арт#иллюстрация#ілюстрація#нова каховка#новая каховка
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Damage
06.06.23
We all woke up to news of ruzzian occupiers blowing up of the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant.
A lot of places are flooded, people and animals are in danger, some are dying right now, left bank of Kherson is occupied so we cannot help our people evacuate from there.
ruzzians are not helping people, instead they are constantly shelling evacuation places.
The scale of this environmental disaster is similar to the Chornobyl one.
And on the top of all that, it’s not the first time ruzzians blew up a dam in my country — they did the same in 1941 with Dnieper Hydroelectric Station.
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Nova Kakhovka, 1965
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