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- After the destruction of the Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine on Tuesday, Kyiv and Moscow have blamed each other during an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council. Ukraine's UN Ambassador Sergiy Kyslytsya accused Moscow of detonating "a bomb of mass environmental destruction" leading to major and avoidable flooding.
Kyslytsya spoke of an "act of ecological and technological terrorism" at the meeting in New York. The blast was "yet another example of Russia's genocide against Ukrainians," he said. Russia's UN Ambassador Vasily Nebenzya, on the other hand, said the incident was a "deliberate sabotage undertaken by Kyiv" and should be "classified as a war crime or an act of terrorism." The dam had been used for an "unthinkable crime," he said.
Kyslytsya in response argued that the dam was in Russian control and out of Ukrainian reach, saying it was "physically impossible" to have caused the damage with shelling and that Russia had mined it. Meanwhile, UN aid chief Martin Griffiths told the Security Council that the dam breach "will have grave and far-reaching consequences for thousands of people in southern Ukraine on both sides of the front line through the loss of homes, food, safe water and livelihoods."
"The sheer magnitude of the catastrophe will only become fully realized in the coming days," he said. Moscow-installed authorities have imposed a state of emergency in the Russian-annexed part of the region. Ukrainian officials estimated about 42,000 people were at risk from the flooding, which is expected to peak on Wednesday.
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What is the point of this question? You are doing Russia a big favor just by asking such a pointless question.
To clarify, I consider forces within Russia and russian forces 3rd parties also, as there are tensions.
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@@AgeOfGoldenSilence there's tensions with NAT(Orc) since last year.
I'm for Ukraine, I think Russia intended to blow the dam, but not now, or not on this scale, They increased the water level so much that it just blew through the top of the dam, people who were local didn't recall explosions, it's strange for the hydroplant to have been flooded from the top. I'll be clear. It's Russia's fault that it happened, I just think they didn't intended for it to happen now, or on this scale. It's too soon, it doesn't seem like they made contingencies for Crimea.
They even raised the water level to the max. No more questions.
ya extra rain dose that the ones who controls the gates Russia decide its level they let it rise then blew it to drasticly slow any counter offensive and severly damage Ukraine's food production there is more to gaine form Russia to blow it up. the russians first line was weak becaues they on flat ground now it water now they can fortify stonger positions.
Indeed
Why not ask for an independent international investigation, like nord stream 😅
That can also happen if nobody cared to maintain the dam, russians are not known for taking responsibility seriously.
@@rouz0you don't need an "independent investigation" when you can use your brain adequately and arrive to logical conclusions.
This is a classic trick in Russia’s playbook. Forcing people to even have this discussion diverts attention away from them taking responsibility. Just like back in Crimea 2014 and the “little green men”. Is it Russia or not? Of course it is 🙄 They’re hoping we waste time and energy debating the obvious until it’s too late to hold anyone accountable
... very similar to the great Ukrainian counteroffensive ... perhaps we've started it ... perhaps we didn't .... nobody will ever know
Russians madlads, bombing their own piplines, shelling their own power plants and now destroying their own dam. Madlads truly!
The dam is control by the Russian. They just need to open the flood gates not need to bomb to attract so much attention.
@@user-lq5yo7qt8fNo. The offensive is a legitimate action. The russian crimes are not.
@@user-lq5yo7qt8fimagine comparing the actions of a criminal with how the victim reacts to the criminal action.
Easiest way to tell it was the Russians is how many of their bots are out defending it with nonsense takes
Righto bot
@@supernova7304 Bot time ain't it
Not everybody is dumb to indiscriminately accept whatever comes from DW, BBC or the UK MOD. Some people have a brain of their own
I have never seen on of these "bots". How do I see them or their effects?
The dam is control by the Russian. They just need to open the flood gates not need to bomb to attract so much attention.
Who raised the water levels to record highs before the dam was blown up? Why isnt Russia reporting how many of its soldiers manning the dam have died after the explosion? Who has more to gain? The question of who did it is so daft
But who dumped water from upper reservoirs which was caused that rising and doing it still even in catastrophic event?
@@alexanderkharin7036 Putlertroll logic .
@@alexanderkharin7036 Resource?😂
The dam istelf was occupied by the russians so the Ukrainians didn't have the acces to the dam to place the explosives there. And there is no such a weapon in Ukrainian arsenal to make so much demage from distance.
@@david2057 The Ukromaniacs destroyed the Kherson Bridge, remember? Aw, you cannot memorize anything except where the fridge is
@@david2057 russians only on one coast of the dam. Ukrainians have all access to other coast. You're talking like everything around is under russian control, but it isnt. Dam was kind of gray zone, unaccesible freely for both sides. But anyone can operate covertly and place on it whatever they want.
And there is such a weapon in Ukrainian arsenal, they even openly planned that destruction. Check the article "Inside the Ukrainian counteroffensive that shocked Putin and reshaped the war" - search there for 'floodgates' if you need proofs.
What do you mean by „who’s responible”? What kind of a question is that? Are there any doubts who did that?😮
The ones who invaded are responsible. No more needs to be said.
Kyiv, that a ttacked Donetsk Republic?
Yes, at the time that fact was matter, we were saying innocent until proven. But the rule only apply to us and becuase it Russia then we don't need it. We also don't bring up the idea of an international independent investigation.
I don't get this either. Ukrainians are not insane and care about their people. Russians on other hand are crazy enough...to do it even though it is greatly damaging to them as well in long term and it could have wiped lots of their troops near river too...but they never cared about their own soldiers or civilians!
Besides, Russians mined the dam before, bragged about it!
And even if they didn't intentially blow it up(which is unlikely given the timing), Russians have damaged it before. So Russia is responsible either way!
@@ricky_pigeon it was once Russian territory...
There is no question: It takes tons of explosives planted at sensitive locations and blown at once to do it, cannot be done with artillery.
@nyyotam plus when artillery is used it leaves loads of craters and a dam wouldn't be damaged so quickly. They would still need to be shelling it next week.
I dont know how in this day and age we still allow one man to cause so much misery! No one man should be allowed to take control of any country for life in this way!
Well.. President Biden got it right last year when he said that this man cannot be allowed to remain in power. Now we just need to see the right kind of action to make that become reality.
It's not only one man. There are 140 mln of him in that so called federation..they all sing in choir, they always worshiped their rulers, they have never had any other faith..
believe it should be the same group of people who bombing nord stream. see how media will disclose their identities. remember they definitely are not people with US or UK citizenship
It's not just Pootin'. The Russian people back him in everything he does. They truly believe they are ordained by God to be the rulers of Eurasia.
@@hasronfam not exactly. Not everyone votes there. There isn’t any real opposition who has the chance to step up. And also Putin isn’t working alone. He has built an infrastructure of people around him, who they all rely on each other. He is just a figure head of a group.
Americans all don’t like Biden or Trump. They are just the candidates they can pick from
Just remembering the map of trenches and defensive lines we had seen a few months ago, with the uneven distribution where the southern (downstream) parts were far less fortified than the northern ones. It was surprising then, but makes sense now.
valuable lessons that would later be applied to riverine operations. Lesson one was that to survive in a firefight with dug-in ground forces, small boats either had to be very fast or heavily armored. Both approaches would be tried with varying degrees of success later in the war. Another lesson was that every brown-water sailor had to possess a set of unique warfighting skills not generally found in the fleet. These included competencies with light weapons, advanced first aid, and small boat handling. In 1967, the Navy established the Navy Inshore Operations Training Center (NIOTC) at Mare Island, California, to teach these skills to sailors assigned to coastal and riverine units in Vietnam.
@@jordan3405 YES! They have recreated a new geophysical dynamic, that ONLY they have a current capability and capacity for-
@@jordan3405 You definitely do not KNOW this... you onky believe it, without evidence. So your comment is of absolutely no value at all.
Yes, this was planned months in advance.
HOGWASH! Russia definitely did this! On May 30, the Duma of Russia passed a law that forbid any investigation of sabotage on hydroelectric plants and other infrastructures!!! Coincidence that less than a week later this happened? I think not! Also, Ukrain had planned one big countrer attack across the Dnipro which has now been cancelled because of this. Military troops had to be diverted to help out with the flooded areas. Where does Ukraine benefit one bit from this catastrophe and Russia controls all of the dam and the engine room where the explosion took place. Get all your facts first and then add them all up!
This is sad.
@@zelenskyy-the-blackmailerh5920 Putlertroll Logic .
Russia is sick and evil.
One thing that our dear tankies and paid pro-Russian trolls don't mention is that the AFU is now forced to use a part of the manpower that they needed for the counteroffensive to help in the evacuation (they are right now doing exactly that) and that the Russian Army now has some 40K troops available to be moved eastwards.
I am actually amazed that somebody still asks this question.
Not that amazing. The balance of advantage and disadvantage is split fairly evenly.
@@dalecrocker3213 actually not. not even close. The people that live there are UKRAINIAN, you remember? Many of them have relatives in the army, and the army itself is teeming with people from this region.
It's the UKRAINIANS who will have to live with the damage. Not the Russians.
Pulling a "nice people on both sides" is not exactly a master move here.
Washington post in an article said Ukraine used himars on the dam
"Inside the Ukrainian counter offensive that shocked Putin and reshaped the war"
The orcs need to take their war back to Russia where it all started. The orcs need to stop being cowards and to stand up for their rights in their own country instead of being posted for future compost in another man's land.
@@VFella You think Zelenskyy cares about the Ukrainian people Enric? Oh dear - you are very naive.
The Russian bots are out in full force on this one
Help! I'm in NYC and I've lost my crack pipe.
You are the only NPC here..
When was the last time you thought for yourself?
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Bots gonna bot, I just laugh at them now. Could you imagine how pathetic their lives are in that dump 😂
@@Kodakcompactdisc I'm just a freelancer.
@@martinocelotl8326 No free lunches orc
"I have never seen in any army at any time, including the German Imperial Army of 1912, as severe discipline as exists in the Russian Army. The officers, with few exceptions, gave the appearance of recently civilized Mongolian bandits. Everything they did (the Russians) impressed one with the idea of virility and cruelty."
General George S. Patton, May 14th 1945
Yet, Americans feared Russia, for good reason, and never crossed them in Berlin while they exacted revenge for the the Holocaust the Naught Sees had unleashed.
100%
thats isnt called discipline. its called being an a~~h~~~. and the Russian nation is filled with them. you ever go to Russia and people are driving all over the sidewalks... yeah... that says all you need to know.
I mean yeah, imagine what these russian troops went trough, the german warcrimes they witnessed... millions of civillians murdered, the land burned from poland to moscow. I get why they had no sympathy for germans and why they treated them like animals. Maybe if patton fought on the other front he would have seen more clearly
@T!EFPUNKT 👍
Thanks for the video.
At 8:09, Mike Martin says that the Russians might not have expected the flooding to be as severe as it was, but there is a graph of dam activity circulating that shows that the Russians were increasing the water levels behind the dam to deliberately maximise the devastation.
Did you hear about the report of ukraine wanting to destroy the damn last year?
Stfu
Yes, but if their intention was just to blow off a chunk of the dam at the top, they would have needed the extra water for the effect. No matter how you slice it, somebody seriously miscalculated. Hey, isn't Putler known for making miscalculations?
Liar...
@@hymns4ever197 if.....
The Ruzzians only have one thing at which they are competent, and that is terrorising people most effectively. That's what they've been doing for the past 100 years home and abroad.
Who’s responsible? Hmmm i wonder.. such a mystery 🤔
Why is time even wasted debating this? Russia destroys everything they can and Ukraine is fighting for its territory. There is no reason for Ukraine to flood itself. It was reported last year that Russia had mined the dam! There are many reasons why Russia would do this, one of which is the looming counter offensive and two is their failure of a military. My heart breaks for those people and animals. NATO needs to respond to this.
Russians madlads, bombing their own piplines, shelling their own power plants and now destroying their own dam. Madlads truly!
Yh even tho zelensky publicly stated last year they are actively trying to blow this dam up and flood the river, washington post check it out
If NATO response it would justify the russia's claim that NATO is an aggressive alliance that will interfere everywhere even its not NATO's business Thats why NATO is taking precaution and avoiding giving aggressive weapons
Ukraine is responsible. They thought people would automatically blame Russia. Ploy didn't work 😂😂
And we should not at all waste time to launch an international investigation! Exactly like nord stream
yes, Putin.
Ukraine did it to slow down their counter offensive and make their own people suffer.
Very logical move.
what offensive? isn't is just a probing operations?
Doesn’t seem like the Ukrainian military is particularly enthusiastic about going on this futile offensive…*
Putting an substantial “obstacle” in froth of them, kind of saves their face…..
They have manufactured quite a few excuses for delaying this so called SPRING offensive.
Weather, lack of received equipment etc…..
But the US insisted and pressured them into begin the offensive . The Ukrainian militarys attempts to reach the defensive lines,(4/6) failed on the first day. Big losses of men and vital equipment continued to mount on the next day (5/6).
Western media was not to keen on reporting about what was happening, neither was the Ukrainian government.
Then suddenly this “obstacle “ appears …
Not to mention it's a territory controlled by Russia... Guess they just removed all the guards and invited the Ukrainian demolition teams to come and plant the explosives. RuZZ trolls are ridiculous... 🤭 We won't even mention the captured videocalls, between Russian forces, who described how they mined the dam 😄
@@palar4195even Russia already saying counter offensive started.
The dam is control by the Russian. They just need to open the flood gates not need to bomb to attract so much attention.
LOL Russia manage to temporarily delay Ukraine from crossing the Dnipro river by permanently blowing up the water supply to Crimea. Brilliant 🤣
Stay off that powder.
This will have very little effect on the water supply to Russian occupied Crimea.
Russia is responsible. Job done, discussion over.
Thanks for clarifying this. Simple minds want to know.
What happened to the counteroffensive ? Why is there no news about this?
There is a news embargo. Reporting is banned. For obvious reasons.
Because if everyone knows when and where it starts, the enemy knows too and can prepare. You will know it started when you see the first footage of western tanks rolling over russian positions.
Key words here "under Russian control" so...we know Who did it...
Wrong. Key words here, 'no matter what, Russia started the war' (so whatever Ukraine does, is automatically white-washed).
Thank you for your concrete opinion. Simple minds want to be sure.
Glad i could help 😉
All of this BS could have been avoided if it weren’t for one man’s deep seeded anger and pride.
if you really think that ANYTHING is that simple i feel sad for you.
Yes, but doesn't Zelenski look tired, old and worn out .
He is a shell of what he was, and its only been a year. Look at Assad, a guy thats been fighting the US for 10 yrs.........Fresh as a daisy
Dont forget…Putin was positively enabled by the europeans…especially Mutti. This brought us to this point.
@@larryohh6974 Where Putin is that concerned it usually is that simple. Zelensky had nothing to do with Chechnya or Georgia. Putin had involvement with both and lets not forget the FSB team that was caught trying to blow up a building in Moscow. The Putinists forget, Putin has a well documented track history.
@@user-kh7kk3ww3c i do not want to defend Putin or anything, i just dont believe everything happens because 'old russian man cRazY'
That's is why mr piglet pootin and the russians forces and those who fighting against ukraine needs to be sent to the HAGUE
Glory to ukraine and the heroes of 🇺🇦❤🇯🇲.
Thanks DW GERMANY for the update❤
@@zelenskyy-the-blackmailerh5920 obvious bot is obvious
Russian troops at Hague? Hmmm ... Glory to Hague Democratic Republic, let it be free from centuries long Holland oppression!
Probably the same country that blew up the nord stream pipeline.
Same guys who blew up Nord Stream
The Koreans?
@@martinocelotl8326 good for you your answer will make your boss happy and an early release 🌟😀
@@rajeshkumarm6441 Slava!
@Craig Steddy The same reason I love Jack in the box tacos: because they're there.
The cossacks?
Ukrainian side of the road leading to the dam was destroyed by Russia when Russia took possession of the dam and as it retreated from Kherson.
How'd they plant the massive number of explosive charges that would be needed to destroy a dam Russia controlled if the road was blown out?
The Russian side blew up first, you can still see the bit of dam left next to the blown out road. beside the missing dam.
No missile can do what was done.
Only hundreds of strategically placed explosives could do that and Russia controlled the dam at the time.
It's possible that the mines exploded on their own, but what were they doing there?
Stopping Ukraine from evicting the occupying Russian military forces?
Leave Ukraine, Russia.
Leave now.
Rubbish
you need to look at google maps
when US not jump up-down, only plainly stated "not sure who did it"; that pretty much said a lot... Just look Nort Stream pipeline
The same people who blew the Northstream pipes did this too.
US and UK
There we are sitting on our sofa questioning who did it. Just like any other quiz show.
Not a real question, was clearly the RU.
Russians own German tv comment sections. 🤣🤣🤣
take a shot every time some news guest awkwardly replies " thank you" to a "thank you" from an anchor because they can't think of anything else to reply on the spot
Sending love and prayers to Ukraine 🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭❤❤❤❤
RIP
useless
No matter how you look at it, Russia is responsible. If Russia wasnt in Ukraine, this wouldnt have happened.
Who ever blew Nordstream, This is the second Dam destruction on the war who blew the first dam and the Crimean bridge?
We all know who did it.
Ultimately the responsibility falls on Russia. This never would have happened if they didn't invade Ukraine to slaughter and displace its people, disrupt the Dam's maintenance, cause a situation where explosives would get near the Dam, create a situation where mlitary engagements happen near the Dam. No matter who actually did it, or if it was just an accident from lack of maintenace, the fault is Russia's.
No wonder (former) US general once said that the Russia versus Ukraine war is described as a war between "evil versus good", so very clear.
In fact, I (gen.2 in military terms) ) who is far from Russia and Ukraine can see the difference.
who is responsible? russia. end of the video
Lol you’re not very bright are you?
Who did Nordstream?
How many vaccines did you take?
😂😂😂😂😂
Why does Russia keep attacking itself?hhmm..
All the dam destroyed, Russia will be able to move their small boats and ship to guard the eastern Ukraine. Boats and ship can patrol the water. It favor Russia navy.
Always blame Russia as they're ALWAYS shown covering their tracks!
Russia must be punished for this war crime. One more on a long list.
Let's do an international investigation and punish whoever did it. Or maybe no need for it like nord stream
The good news is that Ukraine will rebuild and re organise. Its strength is in its union. Remember ' A people united can never be defeated " .
United West & Ukraine will stand!
Divided RuZZia will certainly fall.
Ukrainians? You mean Orcs.
😂😂😂ukraine has never built nothing in it's country. They wants only money from the West and waiting for help.
Thousand year Reich, No?
Yes, one less bit of Soviet garbage in their country.
Ecologically speaking getting rid of all dams is a good idea.
Oh cmon. This is ridiculous. This completely messes up Ukraine counteroffensive plans and is good for Russia. Why would Ukraine make their lives difficult.
Who could have done such a terror act just whoo??
Why would someone attack his neighbours and destroy their lifes and properties? The whole disaster is horrible all together.
Someone who wants more weapons?
Washington post said Ukraine used himars on dam
"Inside Ukrainian counter offensive that shocked Putin and reshaped the war"
Ruzzia
The russian terrorists
The British know who is to blame, it is always Russia. Needless to ask them.
you think only British see that way?)
How about russi will stop war, stop terror and get out from neightbour countries, maybe then it won't be "always russia" to blame? How do you think?
Perhaps those whom were responsible for the Nordstream destruction are responsible?? Hmmm.
Russia had control of the dam, why are we wondering who’s at fault?
Yeah, that's actually all you need to know, if you have more than two brain cells. Looks like many people don't have that luxury.
@@hansdietrich1496 seems pretty simple to me!
war is war. both sides will do anything hurt the other.
who's territory was flooded? Whos grain ruined? Whos soldiers psychologically affected by loosing their hometowns and villages?
And who on the other hand has controlled the dam beforehand and let the waterlevel rise? And who had suprisingly few trenches and defensive lines dug across the southern front, in contrast to the northern part?
War crime is war crime too.
This more or less clears up the Nordstream case as well. If they can do this, we know it's their mindset.
Who did Nord stream?
@@mynjeri5469 Germany social media poll "Who bombed North Stream" ?
Russia 6%
USA 94%
@@happymelon7129 Sure buddy.
@@mynjeri5469 US
@@happymelon7129 Of course, it was carried out by everyone's favourite 100% genuine German newspaper, 'Новости Реал Германия'....
Russia blames Ukraine. Ukraine blames Russia. Meanwhile, the U.S. said it doesn't know what happened. 😂😂😂😂😂 I don't know why that statement is so hilarious to me.
Ukraine is not insane to destroy and kill its citizens.
Their insanity started long ago Daniel poking the Bear with a stick.
So who's responsible for Nordstream pipeline 💥 blasts?!
Russia.
Russia.
Wrong channel. This here is about that damned dam!
Trained media monkeys will say "Russia."
Russia
Russia must compensate for the rebuild of the dam as well as ALL the subsequent damage to people and property.
Take those frozen accounts and begin spending the money where it belongs.
The dollar would lose it's credibility if it was used in this way.
Absolutely. Comments like yours will force them to comply. Russia is terrified of dumb people cheering for Ukromaniacs
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You guy forgot who is the responsible for the gasiduct's explosion
Artur Rehi's channel has some recent info regarding this tragedy
Dear South Africa expect futher problems in exporting grain to you. Please be aware that it is Russia that is responsible for this problem.
Doesn't matter.
South African politicians will be paid well to compensate for the hunger of their people.
Ooo, don't forget the economies of the world which are not doing well are also Russia's fault. And every economy which is doing well is thanks to Zelensky and US Sanctions. Thanks Zelensky, what a brave hero. And thanks US sanctions for crushing the people of 32 nations under siege warfare.
What!!!!!!
This has nothing to do with South africa, this conflict is between Russia and USA
@@Joe38484 this is a conflict between Russia and Ukraine
I hope for Ukrainian everything comes out a positive reaction
MOre likely it will end in a nuclear reaction…
Ukrainian were foolish to be pulled into a proxy war.
@@she825 yes this is a best way
In retreat in that area?
We know who did it and we should call it out Russia!
The mystery of who did it continues. Any headway on the Nord Stream?
@Jefferson George no mystery about the dam, either the Russians blew up the Dam or the Ukrainians managed to get a lot of explosives to the dam, make their escape and blow up the dam remotely while the Russian army that had a strong presence just stood there with their hands in their pockets and let the Ukrainians just get on with it. Am pretty sure the Russians aren't going to admit to the latter.
So many vatniks in DWs comments lately
They must have had their budget increased.
Russia said they didnt do it, so we can be 100% sure that Russia did it.
Who is responsible? Is that REALLY the question we should be magnifying? Jeez i wonder
War crimes keep piling up
Washington post in an article said Ukraine used himars on the dam
"Inside the Ukrainian counter offensive that shocked Putin and reshaped the war"
Good thing the U.S. is not a signatory to that War Crimes BS.
@@hzmt12 Ukraine used HIMARS during the Kherson offensive last year to target Russian troops on non-critical parts on the island next to the dam (this is more or less part of the dam).
@@zipfelchefchen6816wrong the soldier un the interview said Ukraine wanted to flood the deniper they carried out a himars strike that left 3 holes in one of the flood gates of the river
@@hzmt12 Lots of people see the truth Hzmt. Its irrefutable that it was the Ukies.
Nah, this was about ruining UA grain exports for the rest of the war, not about taking out a few military targets with it. It's never been about the military of it all with the RU. It's all been about the economics and terrorism of UA civilians. You are giving the RU far to much credit in suggesting they care whatsoever for their own troops, they have repeatedly demonstrated otherwise, starting with shooting their own soldiers for whatever random reason, and following it up with the boast that they can get more. The dam served one primary purpose, to provide water for 60-80% of UA grain production. The road and the power plant were nice, but it was all about Soviets mastery of nature nonsense. RU definitely intended to wreck UA grain production. This was no accident.
Those areas produce w atermelons, tomatoes, n o t grain.
U nliked your comment.
Mine is factual.
@@user-cv8xw8zn5u , okay jokester, you had me going Zaporizhia oblast produces wheat that is the primary reason for the dam.
You forgot the big arrow in your thumbnail
My soul hurts for the ukrainian people. Life has been horrible for them.
This is a move of desperation by the Russian Military. The battlefield has been reshaped by flooding the river and causing an ecological disaster for those living and occupying positions along its banks. It will be interesting how this will effect the counter offensive by Ukraine in the coming days or weeks to follow.
imagine all this could have been avoided. if Ukraine and the West had agreed to Russia's security. if ukraine had been passive and not chosen nato. as Finland has been for many years.
Ukraine was passive and didn't have an army. Till 2014. Then Russia took opportunity of that and invaded Crimea and Donbass. What do we learn? Trying to stay "passive" and neutral, as they did for 30 years, doesn't work out if you have neighbours like Russia.
DW didn't translate all of Zelenskyy said, dam was mined by russians in 2022. they were wait for counteroffensive to blown it
So Russia blew it then? Great, case closed.
We hear so much for this offensive. But we see nothing.
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4:04 - That assumes Russia will ever even speak to Ukraine. I think this will be like North and South Korea after this war.
ie Might get all territory back (like in the Korean war) or not, but having good relations, working embassies in each other's countries etc? No. Hostile feelings between the nations are growing each day. Such is the nature of war.
That's assuming the regime in moscow survives ukraine taking back it's territorry.
The Russians are waking up and Putin and lapdogs in the Kremlin are getting nervous, Sadam Hussein 👌🏿
@@T.efpunkt That would assume that if that happened the following government can even keep Russia together. In other words, that there would even be a Russia to demand reparations from and not just little Muscovy.
If it is someone like Denis Nikitin who wants a "monoethnic Russia", I've got sad news for him. Russia isn't Ukraine and makes up many ethnic groups.
And if it someone like Navalny who really does implement "freedom of expression", what do you think he would do, if what happened to Boris Yeltsin in 1993 with Chechnya?
In other words, if there isn't a similar hand that built Russia (an iron fist monarch / dictator) keeping Russia together, it will fall apart in a week.
Accidental explosion from the mines that were placed there earlier?
Maybe just the Russians trying to blow themselves up.
A technical possibility, but the timing is sus. Also, less than a week ago, the Ruzzians decided to suspend any technical investigations into accidents exactly like this one. Постановление Правительства Российской Федерации от 30.05.2023 № 873
Russia did it because the story is from DW
. Didn’t even need to watch the video.
This will end up being even worse than a tactical nuke going off.
😂😂😂 first, they told us Russia blew its own nord stream pipes, then Russia blew its own bridge, and then Russia attacked its own kremlin with drones, then Russia shelling/attacking its own city Belgorod and now Russia blew a dam which is situated in Russian controlled area. This sounds very comic, can someone explain this phenomenon to me please where “Russia keeps attacking what’s its own or considers its own”?
The phenomenon is called "russia". If you were in any naighbouring country to russia, you wouldn't be surprised. Everybody knows, how they are. If you have read their history you would write a even longer list of their irrational deeds.
If russia wants to flood the area they can open the flood gates. If russia wants to end NS 2 and NS1 they can close the valve.
They did. Three months ago, check the water levels of the lake. Trying to flood the islands. Didn't work out, so they went for the more "radical" version now.
The Washington Post
December 29, 2022 (Maj. Gen. Andriy Kovalchuk, the initial commander of the Ukrainian counteroffensive in the Kherson region)
"Kovalchuk considered flooding the river. The Ukrainians, he said, even conducted a test strike with a HIMARS launcher on one of the floodgates at the Nova Kakhovka dam, making three holes in the metal to see if the Dnieper’s water could be raised enough to stymie Russian crossings but not flood nearby villages. The test was a success, Kovalchuk said, but the step remained a last resort. He held off."
Your collegue at the next desk just posted the same thing. Get your scripts in order.
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Is not easy to blow up Kakhoka dam, you need very smart peoples and good engineerings to coordinate such an effort.
Well that rules out the Ukraine......Maybe it was NATO?
The 6 guys in a boat that did the Nordstream?
Maybe the ghost of Kiev made a come back??
Obama
During a war things get wrecked.
Yours is the most cogent argument in this thread.
Who is responsible? It is always Russia. No matter what happens it all started in 24 February 2022 or even earlier in 20 February 2014.
You're right mate.I also blame Russia for my clogged toilet.It's always them🤡
@@zelenskyy-the-blackmailerh5920
In early March 2014, Vladimir Putin, President of Russia, stated he did not regard Turchynov as the legitimate Ukrainian President.
Following attacks on law enforcement, security institutions and capture of government buildings, Turchynov offered for the unmarked militants with Russian flags to lay down arms and vacate government buildings for negotiations. Upon refusal, he finally sanctioned a big scale anti-terrorist operation headed by the Security Service of Ukraine. Earlier on 8 April 2014 another short-term anti-terrorist operation led by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine freed up government buildings in Kharkiv.
On 13 April 2014, Russia confirmed that it began a large scale military exercise in the Rostov, Belgorod and Kursk Oblasts, on the border with Ukraine, involving more than 8,000 troops and which would continue until the end of March. In April 2014, Russia announced another military exercise in the same region (Southern Russia).
In other words, for guys like you wanting to rewrite history: Russia supported the destabilisation of Ukraine by not recognising Turchinov, by supporting separatists and by performing military excercises close to the border, which led to Russian military being directly involved in the Donbass conflict.
@@zelenskyy-the-blackmailerh5920 the eastern agressor already joined in february 2014. Learn your history, study the facts.
I love how DW asks who's responsible 😀 As if it would ever be Ukraine 😂
function and use of valve to control flow of gas or liquid and flood gates to control dam levels is obsolete
Russia would never use the flood gates. They want the contract to rebuild the dam
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"I understand we have destroyed a lot of territories"
Very poor wording
Washington Post: December 29, 2022. Major General of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Kovalchuk said that Ukraine struck a test strike at the Novaya Kakhovka dam (HIMARS). He said that the test was successful.
May 11 2023, the head of the administration of the Novokakhov City District Vladimir Leontiev - Ukrainian troops shelled the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station and did not allow to carry out repair work there.
As reported by IA REGNUM, earlier Russia distributed a letter to the UN Security Council with a call to prevent the destruction of the dam Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power plant by Ukrainian troops, as thousands of people may suffer as a result.
To collapse a dam, you need to blow it up near the soleplate. An attack coming from the top does nothing. And HIMARS is not powerful enough anyway. The dam was occupied by Russians, they blew it up, end of.
What are you trying to prove? Nobody cares about truth any longer.
Washington started to ditch Ukraine ?
@@happymelon7129 the article is
"Inside the Ukrainian counter offensive that shocked Putin and reshaped the war"
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The same people who blew up the Nordstrom pipeline.
Hey DW any updates on another important event , the Nord Stream pipeline explosion? Is it possible that the same people who did that might be responsible for this one also ?
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It won't be able to recover to its natural state of having a dam over a river?
NOT having a dam is the natural state of the river.
One can argue over who did it, but suggesting not having a dam on a river is "environmental destruction" just is just irrational.
Just make the end of it
Nuclear reactor is in danger of meltdown, and the reporter says: "it definitely needs to be watched", i wonder... Would watching it solve the issue ?
it's not in danger. It has it's own water basin, and only 2 of 6 reactors are in operation.
It isn't really. The reactors were shut down months ago; they're producing heat from decaying fission products, but it's a tiny fraction of what they produced at full power. They just need a small amount of water circulating to take away that heat.
At this point, the risk is that -- as with the dam -- the plant will be accidentally or deliberately damaged when the Russians withdraw from it.
Jonh Kirby said -depleted uranium- *corium* projectiles are eco friendly.
@@wwoods66 your correct, but if the levels will be that low, then the pipes have to be extended to be able to pump water for cooling. If the Russians don't bring in people who know how to do this (i expect they wont) we might still heave a meltdown... I hope not, and i also hope they wont damage the site when they are going to withdraw...
Russia! What’s the matter with you lot? Is journalism dead?
Given it was destroyed without multiple explosion being noted it was definetely not a missile strike or artillery (for example the bridge west of it took several HIMARS missile strikes before it partially collapsed) so if it was done by military action it was mined and detonated in a single blast.
Considering Russia destroyed the superficial part of the dam months on the Ukrainian controlled side of the river months ago it's either cracks from that explosion that burst open from pressure or the Russian army who unlike the Ukrainian army can access the middle of the dam has mined it and detonated it.
It's a 50/50 considering this both helps the Russian forces in the short run since the river is impossible to cross now so they don't have to defend that region for a while and it hurts them because a bunch of Russian soldiers were hit by the flood, not many but if it was planned they would have left beforehand
this is serious catastrophe
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You're blaming Ukraine because they're also white as those who conquered India hundreds of years ago? Calm down, Ukraine is a peaceful country that never attacked anyone.
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