A major dam in Russian-occupied southern Ukraine was destroyed early Tuesday, prompting evacuations and fears for large-scale devastation as Russia and Ukraine blamed each other for committing what they both described as a terrorist act.
This one of the Great Construction Projects of Communism. Construction employed: 12 thousand people, 1100 autocars, 30 excavators, 75 caterpillar and gantry cranes, 100 bulldozers, 14 locomotives, 7 dredges. That was in 1950’s.
Now the mayor of Novaya Kahovka says the dam is irreparable. In 2020’s. Guess that’s the decommunisation we’ve heard about
Water from Kakhovka Reservoir supplies water for cooling the 5.7 GW Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, and to irrigate areas of southern Ukraine and northern Crimea via the North Crimean Canal and Dnieper–Kryvyi Rih Canal.[7]
Russia famously loves cutting off their own water supplies/important infrastructure. Really hope the intakes for that nuclear plant are deep
This one of the Great Construction Projects of Communism. Construction employed: 12 thousand people, 1100 autocars, 30 excavators, 75 caterpillar and gantry cranes, 100 bulldozers, 14 locomotives, 7 dredges. That was in 1950’s.
Now the mayor of Novaya Kahovka says the dam is irreparable. In 2020’s. Guess that’s the decommunisation we’ve heard about
Before and after:
This is absolutely tragic. Thanks, Gorbachev.
Russia famously loves cutting off their own water supplies/important infrastructure. Really hope the intakes for that nuclear plant are deep