Khakovka dam explodes, accusations exchanged between Russia and Ukraine

Ukraine: The dam at the Khakovka hydroelectric plant was blown up. The incident took place after the Ukrainian government announced an imminent counter-offensive against Russia. Precisely for this reason, Kiev has accused the Kremlin of having sabotaged the dam. In particular, according to the Ukrainian National Security Advisor Oleksii Danilov, Russian soldiers from the 205th Motorized Rifle Brigade allegedly blew up the embankments. Danilov said: “The Russian brigade is positioned at the hydroelectric power station.” Zelensky’s adviser Mykhailo Podoliak also expressed his opinion on the case and told journalists: “The objective of the terrorists who attacked Khakovka is clear: to create obstacles to the offensive actions of the Ukrainian armed forces.”

After the Ukrainian accusations, Moscow’s response was not long in coming. The Kremlin categorically denied its involvement in the case: “The responsibility lies exclusively with the Kiev regime”, says an official note. Russian z channels also attack Ukraine, Russian ultranationalist bloggers point the finger at Zelensky: “The dam explosion is either a diversionary maneuver by Kiev forces or a tactical action to disperse Russian defenses on the Dnipro bank in view of the counter-offensive “, says the Russian telegram. In another message it is added that: “the breach of the dam expels our forces on the east bank of the Dnipro, under Nova Kakhovka and our defensive fortifications, all minefields and warehouses with ammunition will be flooded.” Russian bloggers endorse the hypothesis relaunched by the Kremlin about Kiev’s responsibilities: “it was an act of deliberate sabotage on the Ukrainian side”. it will not be able to develop a military offensive in the direction of Kherson Moscow and Kiev deny responsibility, is the dam accident (if we can speak of an accident) a Ukrainian work or is it a disturbance (sabotage) by the soldiers of Putin’s army?