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1/ Its been 2 weeks since the Russians destroyed the #KakhovkaHPP dam. What will the Dnipro River look like when it returns to its pre-reservoir (before 1955) position? Where are the possible crossing locations? How might UAF exploit these crossing opportunities? A #NAFOWeather🧵
3/ The receding Dnipro RIver has revealed once submerged RF defenses including mines placed along the over 200 km of #KakhovkaReservoir left bank coastline. 
4/ During WW2, the German Nazi and Red Army forces built several temporary bridges across the Dnipro River between Kakhovka and Zaporizhzhia to establish and defend bridgeheads.
Battle for the Ore Deposits: The Red Army vs. Nazi Germany
https://t.co/uVR5XRz6qtwarfarehistorynetwork.com/article/battle…
Battle for the Ore Deposits: The Red Army vs. Nazi Germany
https://t.co/uVR5XRz6qtwarfarehistorynetwork.com/article/battle…
Water access now denied to City of Kryvyi Rih (population 635,000) with Kryvyi Rih canal intake above #KakahovkaReservoir water level.
Sentinel 1 SAR Imagery: 1 and 9 June 2023 (before/after Russian destruction of #KakhovkaHPP).
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Sentinel 1 SAR Imagery: 1 and 9 June 2023 (before/after Russian destruction of #KakhovkaHPP).
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Dnipro-Kryvyi Rih Canal [Канал Дніпро-Кривий Ріг; Kanal Dnipro-Kryvyi-Rih].
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It is difficult to imagine time & space of hardships for the people of south Ukraine caused by the destruction of #KakhovkaHPP. Flooding is only the beginning of a water scarcity disaster chain. Mykolaiv's experience provides clue to what awaits the south.
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1/ This thread rebuts claims made by Mikael "Vatnikersson" Valterson against @Ukrhydroenergo, saying Ukraine's state dam operator, "was the original culprit" in destroying the #KakhovkaHPP and exacerbating dam destruction flooding. A #NAFOWeather 🧵
2/ As "Readers" pointed out, the video Vatnikersson used to "prove" Ukraine sent water downstream to #KakhovkaHPP was almost 2 months old. The video proves nothing. Vatnikersson made no attempt to clarify the temporal discrepancy; the tweet is still posted.
3/ Vatnikersson made several allegations in his tweet that accused Ukraine of destroying its own dam as well as causing post-dam failure flooding. I will unpack these allegations.
Sediment has accumulated behind #KakhovkaHPP dam since 1955. Russian destruction of the dam released 18 cubic kilometers of stored water flushing 68 years of sediment into the northwest Black Sea, silting Dnipro harbors and damaging fragile marine ecosystems.
Upper Left: Surface Current Direction and Velocity
Upper Right: 5 June - pre-flood
Lower Left: 9 June - Sediment advanced to Odesa
Lower Right: 10 June - Sediment advanced to Choromorsk
Satellite images are from MODIS True Color
go.nasa.gov/3oPRMQH
Upper Right: 5 June - pre-flood
Lower Left: 9 June - Sediment advanced to Odesa
Lower Right: 10 June - Sediment advanced to Choromorsk
Satellite images are from MODIS True Color
go.nasa.gov/3oPRMQH
Ukrainian officials continued to accuse Russian forces of destroying the #KakhovkaDam out of fear that Ukrainian forces would land on the east (left) bank #Kherson Oblast. isw.pub/UkrWar060723
2/ Russian milbloggers had expressed concern about claimed Ukrainian river crossings onto the east bank the day before the destruction of the #KakhovkaHPP dam and on numerous occasions in the past.
3/ ISW offers no assessment of whether the Ukrainians were attempting to cross the river or for what purpose they might have sought to do so. isw.pub/UkrWar060723
Who blew up the #Kahovka #Dam
#Russian President Vladimir #Putin is losing leverage over the system. A prime example of this is the state of affairs on the front. Yesterday morning, after reports to Putin about the destruction of...
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#Russian President Vladimir #Putin is losing leverage over the system. A prime example of this is the state of affairs on the front. Yesterday morning, after reports to Putin about the destruction of...
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the #KakhovkaHPP, a real detective story, which can be named "Who did it?" played out during a meeting with representatives of the security and military leadership. First, the incident was reported to the president five hours later without daring to wake him up.
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Secondly, the leaders of the military bloc were unable to form a unified position by that time and gave the president contradictory information, ranging from a strike by the Armed Forces of Ukraine to technical problems at the dam.
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#KakhovkaReservoir #KakhovkaHPP
1/ Status Follow-up: 30 May 2023. Over-topping of #KakhovkaHPP dam continues, now occurring for a full month.
1/ Status Follow-up: 30 May 2023. Over-topping of #KakhovkaHPP dam continues, now occurring for a full month.
2/ Loop of several cloud-free Sentinel-2 passes of #KakhovkaHPP this month, latest 29 May 2023, show white turbulent flow downstream of sluice gates.
3/ @lhinnant published an article "Damage to Russian-occupied dam submerges Ukrainian reservoir island community" 25 May 2023 for @AP. Worth a read.
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apnews.com/article/ukrain…
#KakhovkaReservoir #KakhovkaHPP Status Follow-up: 8 May 2023. Upon further analysis of 6 May 2023 Sentinel-2 imagery and consultation with @tom_bike @Gergyl & @BruckenRuski, we believe the #KakhovkaReservoir water is "over-topping" the #KakhovkaHPP dam. /1
Time-series loop from 27 March 2023 to 6 May 2023. Note the "brightening" downstream (left side) of the #KakhovkaHPP sluice gates last frame in loop which is water flowing over the top of the dam. Over-topping is particularly evident on the 3 northern most sluice gates. /2
Why is this happening? Recall the Russian occupiers blew up the road and rail deck above the #KakhovkaHPP dam sluice gates on 10 NOV 2022 as part of the RF retreat ("strategic repositioning") from the Dnipro right bank. /3
1/ ok this really sucks. Red notification!
In #Kherson, Ru expand the "evacuation" zone by 15 km from the Dniepro
stated by the head of #Kherson collabs V Saldo. According to him, Ukr authorities were allegedly preparing a "massive missile attack" on the dam of the #KakhovkaHPP.
In #Kherson, Ru expand the "evacuation" zone by 15 km from the Dniepro
stated by the head of #Kherson collabs V Saldo. According to him, Ukr authorities were allegedly preparing a "massive missile attack" on the dam of the #KakhovkaHPP.
2/ i'll really do my #Kherson assessment situation (yeah i'm saying this for the last 72h but had much to do) tomorrow.
i don't think there will be such a damage that could cause a catastrophic rupture of the entire dam though.
but they are prepping something more than fishy
i don't think there will be such a damage that could cause a catastrophic rupture of the entire dam though.
but they are prepping something more than fishy
3/ Ru is not exactly drawing down as much as almost every ones reported past 15 days vs rotating forces, preparing for its new "agenda" there & also making sure that the plan goes as "smoothly" as possible. Right now RU will not abandon this area without being forcibly pushed out
