Ukraine's Lose-Lose Energy War
Moscow has unleashed an explosive onslaught against Ukrainian energy infrastructure, in the wake of ongoing attacks on Russian refineries.
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Moscow has unleashed an explosive onslaught against Ukrainian energy infrastructure, in the wake of ongoing attacks on Russian refineries.
KYIV: The Russian-held Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine was ripped open after an explosion in the early hours of Tuesday, according to multiple accounts.
The reservoir which had been created by the Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine can no longer supply water to cool reactors at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, the dam's operator said Thursday.
Kakhovka dam, in southern Ukraine, which held water used for cooling the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station's reactor, was severely damaged in an incident widely blamed on Russia.
The dam sits on the Dnipro River, forming a reservoir that provides the cooling water for the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station, Europe's largest, some 150 kilometers (90 miles) upstream