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Thursday, 8 June 2023

Did Ukraine just blow up its own Kakhovka Dam?

 Tens of thousands of homes in Ukraine are at risk of being washed away by the partial destruction of the country’s massive Kakhovka Dam. And evidence suggests the culprit was not Russia as Ukraine is claiming, but rather Kiev itself.

Back in December, the Washington Post reported that Ukraine’s Kherson Counteroffensive Major General Andrey Kovalchuk had admitted to plotting the destruction of the Kakhovka Dam at some point in the future, presumably meaning now.

The Post reported that Kovalchuk had “considered flooding the river,” and that Ukraine had “even conducted a test strike with a HIMARS launcher on one of the floodgates at the Nova Kakhovka Dam, making three holes in the metal to see if the Dnieper’s water could be raised enough to stymie Russian crossings but not flood nearby villages.”

“The test was a success,” the Post added, quoting Kovalchuk, “but the step remained a last resort. He held off.”

All of this sure sounds like Ukraine just self-sabotaged itself while blaming Russia for the alleged “attack.” And as usual, the corporate media is siding with Ukraine’s version of events and blaming Russia as well, even though all signs point to this being an inside job....<<<Read More>>>...