On 18 August 1941, the soviets used 20 tons of explosives to blow up the Dnipro Hydroelectric Station dam trying to thwart a German offensive. The flooding killed between 20,000 – 100,000 Ukrainians.
And russia has just done it again by blowing up the Nova Kakhovka hydro-electric dam.
#Ukraine is now facing a colossal humanitarian and environmental crisis…
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Image 1: 1941
Image 2: 2023
More info on the WW2 dam explosion: https://www.rferl.org/…/european…/25083847.html







