Any manipulations of the occupiers with the dam can really slow down the armed forces in this direction. But not for long.
, then the consequences will be irreparable for them as well, because this will flood the entire left-bank Kherson region and the temporarily annexed Crimea will remain without water supply. The head of the Main Directorate of Intelligence, Kyrylo Budanov, during an interview with UP, noted that it will take a long time to rebuild it.
“And the most interesting thing is that they will destroy the possibility of existence of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, because this object is inextricably linked with it. Well, of course, they will make it difficult for us to advance for a certain period of time. And this, by the way, is not a very long period of time, it will be somewhere around two weeks, Budanov noted. – But they will be forced to retreat directly to the Crimea. In other words, if you make a complete destruction, then the scenario is as follows. Are they ready for it? I think not.”
At the same time, the head of intelligence does not reject the fact that the occupiers can partially destroy the dam.
“They will disable the sluice part, engine rooms. That is, they will make the dam unusable for its intended use. But the North Crimean Canal will be preserved, there will be a partial spill of water, but not so terrible. And they will make it difficult for us to advance. So I don't think they have planned complete destruction. In addition, we do not see signs of complete demining of this structure,” Budanov comments on the situation. “The dam is partially mined. But it must also be understood that it was mined back in April.”
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It will be recalled that President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on the West to warn Russia against blowing up the Kakhovskaya dam, which could cause the flooding of a large area of southern Ukraine and lead to the death of thousands of people. The Russian Federation has already accused Kyiv of a missile attack on the reservoir and plans to destroy it , which is considered in Kyiv as a sign that, in fact, the Russian Federation is preparing to take this step.
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