The dam's collapse is rapidly draining the reservoir that Putin needs to supply fresh water to occupied Crimea.
which currently forms part of the front line between Ukrainian forces on its west bank and Russian on its east.
Any potential Ukrainian attack across the Dnieper is now effectively"impossible," Andriy Zagorodnyuk—a former defense minister of Ukraine now acting as an adviser to the country's Defense Ministry—On the Russian side of the river, there is now a danger to the ZNPP, the cooling system of which is reliant on the Kakhovka Reservoir, the water level of which is now rapidly falling. A meltdown there could create a nuclear disaster spreading across Ukraine, Russia and much of Europe.
Vladimir Leontyev, the Kremlin-installed head of the occupied Kherson region, has already raised the alarm over the canal."The only threat [is] that we will have problems with the supply of water to Crimea," the official said, as quoted by Russia's RBC outlet. Invading Russian troops took control of the canal on the first day of the full-scale invasion last year, with the offensive cohort driving northwards from Crimea enjoying more success than their counterparts in the north and east of the country. Days later, Moscow's troops blew up the dam put in place after Crimea's annexation.
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