Dam break will ‘seriously disrupt’ Kyiv's offensive, Ukraine's former defense minister says
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Ukraine's former Defense Minister Andriy Zagorodnyuk talks to Bianna Golodryga about the breaking of a critical dam, and how it might impact Kyiv's offensive. #CNN #News
Also CNN needs to quit asking when the counter offensive is going to start. First off they arent gonna tell the media so why keep asking dumb questions???
JamieHill-tu
Great interview, and impressive comments and answers by Former Defence Minister Andriy ! Brilliance can't be ignored ✊️🇺🇦🙏❤️
laura
🗽🇺🇸We strongly don't blame Ukraine. No invasion, no destruction to the dam it's that simple🇺🇦🇺🇸🌻💙💛🙏
sunshinesue
Once again the world sees the brutality of the Russians. I hope this incident motivates countries to abandon Russia and declare themselves independent.
sparky
"Since mid-February, the water level in the reservoir has steadily increased, according to data from Theia, a French geospatial analytical organization. An Associated Press analysis of satellite imagery showed the water has now risen so high that it's washing over the top of the damaged Russian-occupied dam downstream."
By LORI HINNANT and VASILISA STEPANENKO Associated Press
May 25, 2023, 2:56 AM
Russia may have been preparing for maximum impact for some time by preventing the normal flow of water - they know Ukraine had the southern occupied territories in their sights for the counteroffensive
damianeadie
They destroy your Dam, why can't you destroy their multimillion dollar crimean bridge
OlusolaAdeyemi-Engr
Russell Crowe needs to play this guy in a movie
toddg
Win or lose, this country has been economically set back a generation or more.
Forheavenssakeify
the first rule of the ukranian offensive is, don't talk about the ukranian offensive!
kaijusushi
Russian got scared and this is the first thing they can think of so hundreds of people drowned thousands of miles of farmland and wellness destroyed it's never stopped Russia before
kevlar
Just can't understand how one person can cause so much suffering in this world especially on the heels of a world pandemic.
gmoney
What about the Silence deal, with the commercial?
j.frankparnell.radiation
Whether the Russians blew the dam up intentionally or not, they are responsible for this catastrophe… if they had not launched this war of aggression and occupied the area around the dam, Ukraine would have naturally maintained it and kept it in good order. Russia allowed it to fall into disrepair and totally mismanaged this important site, therefore they bear the blame for all the damage done to towns, crops, animal life, and the horrendous environmental impact. When this terrible war is over, Russia should be made to pay for ALL of the rebuilding and restoration of Ukraines infrastructure and economy.
RogerGoodeNH
Crimeans were evacuated weeks ago . This is no coincedence
ultimatewarrior
First, the flooding will impede the counter offensive. Second, this is in line with Russian scorched earth.
manwithmountain
How will this affect the offensive? Majority of the offensive is much further north. Maybe it will effect their ability to get into lower Kherson, but that’s it. Won’t affect anything going on in the East.
dranb
Imagine being one of the couple guards on duty that night..what a tumultuous experience that must have been ong
yxbywew
I've long been concerned the Russian army may attempt to destroy or breach the dam in Nova Kakhovka in order to create such a widespread flooding in the lower lands of the Kherson region (east bank). Any options the Ukrainians had in Dnipro River crossings as part of their counter-offensive, I would think are now completely off the table. They'll have to focus on Zaporizhzhya and/or the Donbas, which is where the Russian army has been amassing the bulk of their reinforcements over the last few months (when you compare it to the numbers they've maintained in Kherson).
jaykolinsky
Putin is to blame he never should of invaded to begin with 😁
RachelScott-grtz
unbelievably outrageous .. 4 the perpetrator, a cynical if not a criminal move
