BLOW THE KHERSON DAM?
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I can think of only one reason for the Russians to blow Nova Kakhovka Dam and hydroelectric power station. The ensuing floods would slow down the Ukrainian advance and keep them on the north-west bank. This dam with its road and railway line is currently the only route for an advancing army to establish a bridgehead across the Dnipro to advance south into Crimea.
It would take an enormous amount of explosives to damage it long term. I question whether Russian forces have enough materiel or skill to complete such a task.
Damaging the dam and power station would also hurt the lands which are occupied by Russian forces. The dam and station provide water and power to the north and south banks of the river.
Of course, it would be a terrible situation for the remaining people in Kherson oblast, but the water would drop after a few days and the people would come home to rebuild and occupy their remaining homes. Another task and another test of western resolve that we and the Ukrainian people would rise to.
Russia is withdrawing from Kherson because they have been defeated in that zone. Blowing the dam would be a petulant war crime, but it would not change the momentum of the war for more than a few days. There is currently only one direction for the Russian army to go, —backwards!
