NATO Secretary General on Blowing up Kakhovska HPP: Outrageous Act against Civilians and Environment
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has reacted to the sabotage of the dam at the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Station in southern Ukraine.
"The destruction of the Kakhovka dam today puts thousands of civilians at risk and causes severe environmental damage. This is an outrageous act, which demonstrates once again the brutality of Russia's war in Ukraine," Stoltenberg wrote on Twitter.
The destruction of the Kakhovka dam today puts thousands of civilians at risk and causes severe environmental damage.
— Jens Stoltenberg (@jensstoltenberg) June 6, 2023
This is an outrageous act, which demonstrates once again the brutality of #Russia’s war in #Ukraine.
On the morning of 6 June, Ukraine’s Operational Command Pivden (South) reported that the Russian occupation forces had blown up the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant (HPP), with Kherson Oblast Military Administration confirming this information. Oleksandr Prokudin, Head of Kherson Oblast Military Administration, noted that they had started the evacuation of the local population from dangerous areas.
According to Prokudin, the water will reach a critical level in five hours.
Dmytro Kuleba, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, has expressed his indignation at certain Western media outlets hinting at Ukraine's possible responsibility for blowing up the Khakhovka HPP.
The Foreign Minister of the Czech Republic, Jan Lipavský, accused Russia of sabotaging the Kakhovka dam and stated that the consequences could be compared to the use of weapons of mass destruction.