Contents tagged with Nova Kakhovka

  • Ukrainian Security Service publishes intercepted call confirming Russians blew up Kakhovka dam

    The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) reported that it intercepted a phone call proving that the dam of the Nova Kakhovka hydroelectric power station in southern Ukraine was blown up by a Russian sabotage group.

    A one-and-a-half-minute recording of a conversation between two men discussing the consequences of the disaster was posted by the SBU on its Telegram channel.

    "It wasn’t them who struck it, it was our sabotage group who did it," says the alleged Russian military. “They wanted to sort …

  • Kyiv: Kakhovka dam was blown up on Putin's order

    Secretary of the Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council Oleksiy Danilov said that the Russian military blew up the dam of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant following the order of the Russian president, Vladimir Putin.

    According to Danilov, the Russians detonated the explosives that were planted in advance, in September-October 2022.

    "The order for this terrorist act was issued from the Kremlin, from Putin's office. Such instructions cannot be given from any other level. This is …

  • Kyiv: destruction of Nova Kakhovka dam will not stop Ukrainian counteroffensive

    Ukraine is revising the plans for the counteroffensive due to the destruction of the Kakhovka dam, said the adviser to the head of the Ukrainian presidential office, Mykhailo Podolyak.

    "Adjustments will be made in any case, but they are always made during large-scale actions. In any case, adjustments are made based on the changes in the situation along the front line or in the occupied territories," he said.

    At the same time, Podolyak noted that "strategically this will not change anything," …

  • Russia-appointed official assassinated in Nova Kakhovka, Kherson region

    Vitaly Gur, the deputy head of the Nova Kakhovka housing administration established by Russia, died while being transported to a hospital in annexed Crimea after an attempt was made on him, reports Strana.ua. The death has also been confirmed by the Russian military reporter, Yuriy Kotenok.

    Earlier, RIA Novosti, citing a source in the local administration, reported that an attempt was made on Gur. According to RIA Novosti, he was taken to hospital in serious condition and the doctors were …