Russian and Ukrainian Diplomats Provide Diverging Views on Attack on Kakhovka Hydropower Dam

CCTV News Client News On the 7th local time, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zakharova said that the reaction of Western countries to the attack on the Kakhovka Hydropower Dam was predictable. Because Western countries have always ignored the facts and tended to impose their faults on Russia. She said accusing Russia of being part of an information war over the incident would allow Western countries to increase funding for Ukraine.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba accused Russia of sabotaging the Kakhovka Dam on the 6th and called on the United Nations Security Council to hold an emergency meeting to discuss the situation. Kuleba called Russia’s bombing of the dam a “terrorist act” and called on the G7 and EU countries to impose further sanctions on Russia.

The Kakhovka Hydropower Station is located in the lower reaches of the Dnieper River in the Kherson region. It was built in the 1950s and is currently controlled by Russia. The dam of the hydropower station was damaged on the 6th, and some areas are suffering from floods.

The Kakhovka Hydropower Station is the sixth and last downstream hydropower station in the cascade of hydroelectric power plants on the Dnieper River. It is located 5 kilometers from the city of Nova Kakhovka and is an important infrastructure and strategic facility in the region. . The hydropower station supplies water to the Crimea region. Crimean regional officials have previously stated that Crimea will not be submerged due to the damage to the Kakhovka hydropower dam, but the North Crimea Canal, which originates from the Kakhovka hydropower reservoir, is at risk of falling water levels. In addition, the Kakhovka hydropower station also supplies cooling water to the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant located on the upper reaches of the Dnieper River, about 150 kilometers away. (Headquarters reporter Wang Delu)