Thread by @ThomasVLinge

#Ukraine 🇺🇦: it looks like the Ukrainian military is setting the stage for the long expected spring offensive as the Commander-in-Chief posted this video today.

"Give us your blessing, for our decisive attack"

https://twitter.com/CinC_AFU/status/1662451731261796353

#Ukraine 🇺🇦: pro-Z channels are reporting several Ukrainian attacks along the frontline in #Zaporizhzhia, in between the Dnipro river and Velyka Novosilka

#Ukraine 🇺🇦: footage released by Russian sources shows a Ukrainian armored attack to the southwest of the town of Velyka Novosilka along the southern #Donetsk front-line.

#Ukraine 🇺🇦: the latest addition to the flashpoints around the southern frontline is the village of Novodonetske to the southeast of Velyka Novosilka in #Donetsk.

#Ukraine 🇺🇦: another video shot further west shows a Russian T-80 battle tank being destroyed by Ukrainian fire at the village of Novodarivka in the #Zaporizhzhia region.

#Ukraine 🇺🇦: a Russian position took a direct hit from a Ukrainian kamikaze drone in the occupied countryside of #Kherson.

#Ukraine 🇺🇦: Ukrainian tanks at work on the frontline

#Ukraine 🇺🇦: pro-Z Rybar channel is now reporting the loss of the village of Novodonetske in southern #Donetsk to the Ukrainian military

#Ukraine 🇺🇦: drones belonging to the Ukrainian military took out a Russian Buk system somewhere along the front-line.

#Ukraine 🇺🇦: a Ukrainian "Kamikaze" drone scored a direct hit on a Russian self-propelled howitzer, hiding out in between the trees.

#Ukraine 🇺🇦: Ukrainian self-propelled howitzers firing on Russian positions, somewhere along the frontline

#Ukraine 🇺🇦 BREAKING: the Nova Kachovka dam in #Kherson has been blown up, water is flooding down the #Dnipro basin.

Russian sources blame the Ukrainian military. Ukrainian officials are yet to respond.

#Ukraine 🇺🇦: another drone video of the massive flooding as a consequence to the Nova Kachovka dam destruction.

Many towns, including the city of #Kherson are located downstream from here.

#Ukraine 🇺🇦: map depicting the potential flooding of #Kherson and other areas downstream from Nova Kachovka.

Local media channels warn the water could reach critical height within 6 hours.

#Ukraine 🇺🇦: this Swedish simulation shows what the flooding of the #Kherson region below the Nova Kachovka dam will likely look like.

Source:

#Ukraine 🇺🇦: prominent #Kherson-based Telegram channel:

"Population centers have already started to be flooded. Immediate evacuation is required"

Ukraine 🇺🇦: the regional command of the Ukrainian military has responded to the news of the Nova Kachovka flooding, stating it was the Russian forces who are behind the destruction of the dam.

#Ukraine 🇺🇦: massive amounts of water are making their way down the #Dnipro river.

#Kherson residents living among the banks report that at some points the water has already reached the top of trees.

#Ukraine 🇺🇦: the water is said to be rising quickly. Trees are partially to fully under water.

#Ukraine 🇺🇦: the breached Nova Kachovka dam as seen from on the ground

#Ukraine 🇺🇦: 6 am in the city of #Kherson. Water from the #Dnipro river has already started flooding the edge of Park Slavy

#Ukraine 🇺🇦: roads on the left bank of the #Dnipro are slowly being flooded

#Ukraine 🇺🇦: the Inhuletd river which usually mouths into the Dnipro, is now running in the opposite direction due to the flooding.

#Ukraine 🇺🇦: flooding at the town of Nova Kachovka, just below the destroyed dam in #Kherson.

#Ukraine 🇺🇦: the floodwater coming from Nova Kakhovka is clausing mines placed on the banks of the #Dnipro to surface, making the situation much more dangerous.

#Ukraine 🇺🇦: a roe deer was saved from the floodwater in #Kherson.

The poor thing is shaking as it calms down underneath the sun.

#Ukraine 🇺🇦: civilians living downstream are evacuating the area as the floodwater rises.

#Ukraine 🇺🇦: a beaver is seeking refuge from the floodwater in a residential area.

#Ukraine 🇺🇦: the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant is now completely submerged.

#Ukraine 🇺🇦: some islands located downstream from Nova Kakhovka are completely flooded, water reaching the roofs of local cabins.

#Ukraine 🇺🇦: scenes from occupied Nova Kakhovka this morning.

#Ukraine 🇺🇦: Russians are now openly bragging and posting videos of their artillery targeting Ukrainian forces in the flooded area downstream in #Kherson.

Such artillery attacks are making it impossible for the UA military to evacuate people stuck on the islands.

#Ukraine 🇺🇦: the town of Nova Kakhovka in #Kherson is largely submerged, with the local soccer stadium being completely gone.

#Ukraine 🇺🇦: on the opposite side it is being reported that the water level at the North Crimean Canal is already starting to drop.

Millions of people in #Crimea were dependent on the Kakhovka reservoir for fresh water.

#Ukraine 🇺🇦: with the Russian forces not setting up any evacuation, local residents in Nova Kakhovka and other flooded areas of #Kherson are left to fend for themselves.

#Ukraine 🇺🇦: at some spots the current was so strong that entire homes are flooding down the river.

#Ukraine 🇺🇦: chat conversations of Nova Kakhovka residents seem to confirm an explosion took place at the dam, approximately 40 minutes before the flooding started

https://twitter.com/COUPSURE/status/1666031403471982592

#Ukraine 🇺🇦: evacuation efforts are underway in affected areas of the #Kherson region.

#Ukraine 🇺🇦: latest drone footage shows how the industrial zone of #Kherson city has been flooded

#Ukraine 🇺🇦: in Antonivka, on the right bank of the #Dnipro river, residents are walking knee-deep through the water

#Ukraine 🇺🇦: water levels at #Zaporizhzhia, on the other side of the Kakhovka reservoir, are starting to drop.

The Nova Kakhovka dam:

Before and after.

#Ukraine 🇺🇦: farmers in the #Kherson region trying to get their cattle out of the flooded zone towards safety

#Ukraine 🇺🇦: Russian soldiers getting wet feet as their barracks are flooded.

Munition boxes are getting drenched as well.

#Ukraine 🇺🇦: Russian soldiers at the destroyed Nova Kakhovka dam.

#Ukraine 🇺🇦: a couple of local guys are making their way through the flooded zone, looking for people that need to be evacuated. Russian shelling can be heard nearby.

Heroes 👏

#Ukraine 🇺🇦: view of the E97 highway in #Kherson today

#Ukraine 🇺🇦: at some residential areas on the rover banks of the #Dnipro the water has risen up to the roofs.

If there are no casualties to report it will be nothing short of a miracle.

#Ukraine 🇺🇦: the #Kherson islands have basically all been submerged

#Ukraine 🇺🇦: Ukrainian rescue efforts in the affected areas on the right bank of the #Dnipro river