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On June 6, 2023, the Nova Kakhovka Dam failed. It was quietly a critical piece of Ukrainian infrastructure: drying a flood plain, providing electricity, guaranteeing a nuclear power plant's safety, and irrigating the regions south. This video looks at the consequences of its destruction, and how it will play into Ukraine's upcoming (or ongoing?) counteroffensive.
0:00 The Nova Kakhovka Dam Breached
0:35 Humanitarian Problems
3:19 Military Implications
4:50 Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant
7:03 Drying Out the Crimean Canal
Media licensed under CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0):
From IAEA:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/iaea_imagebank/52339383057/in/album-72177720301779673/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/iaea_imagebank/15880433393/
Media licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0):
From IAEA:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/iaea_imagebank/8134364258/
Media licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0):
From Ministry of Defense of Ukraine:
https://armyinform.com.ua/2022/12/07/herson-pid-vorozhymy-obstrilamy/
From Kremlin.ru:
http://en.kremlin.ru/catalog/keywords/78/events/50329
http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/51128
http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/58405
http://www.en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/68785
http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/69390
http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/69730
http://kremlin.ru/events/president/transcripts/69737