so “there may come a moment when an explosion occurs.” Other Ukrainian officials alleged Russia blew up the dam to hinder Kyiv's counteroffensive, even though observers note that crossing the broad Dnieper would be extremely challenging. Other sectors of the ...
Ukraine they control, threatening a massive flood that could displace hundreds of thousands of people, and ordered residents downriver to evacuate. Russian news agency Tass quoted an unspecified Russian government official as saying the dam had “collapsed” due to damage. (Maxa...
For a history of what actually happened, check out Mariana Budjeryn’s “Inheriting the Bomb: The Collapse of the USSR and the Nuclear Disarmament of Ukraine.” It’s the most complete history of these events. Let’s consider how Ukraine might have developed if it had kept those nuclear ...
NASA Earth Observatory has before-and-after satellite imageryshowing the impact of the destruction of Ukraine’s Kakhovka Dam last month. The Kakhovka Reservoir is emptying out (above), the irrigation canals that relied on that reservoir are drying out, and there was flooding downriver of the d...
Russia last Friday conducted its largest air strike on Ukraine’s energy system since invading in February 2022, damaging power units at a major dam and causing blackouts for more than a million people in a number of regions. Firefighters extinguish a fire at an electrical substation after a mi...
The general conclusion, unfortunately, is bleak: the attack of the Russian group on the encirclement and encirclement of the Donetsk group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which did not come as a surprise, met with fierce resistance and almost certainly will not lead to a complete encirclement ...
Foreign Minister of Ukraine, Dmytro Kuleba, said on Monday that supporting Ukraine’s cause translates into supporting Gandhian ideals. The Minister announced in a recorded video message that he will be... Ruby Thakur March 28, 2024 261 ...
A resident walks at the town of Hola Prystan after flood waters receded following the collapse of the Nova Kakhovka dam in the Kherson Oblast, Ukraine on June 16, 2023. Stringer | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images “Believe me, the fight in Ukraine is a fight that we have to make, that...
(Don’t Miss: Ukraine’s turbulent history since independence in 1991) The assault brought a calamitous end to weeks of fruitless diplomatic efforts by Western leaders to avert war. U.S. President Joe Biden met his Group of Seven counterparts virtually on Thursday to discuss harsh sanctions, ...
The wall of a major dam in a part of southern Ukraine has collapsed, triggering floods, endangering Europe’s largest nuclear power plant and threatening drinking water supplies.