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Jun 6, 2023 • 10 tweets • 4 min read • Read on X
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The enormous Kakhovka dam, which spans frontlines across the Dnipro river in southern Ukraine, has been blown up.

The flooding could submerge areas downstream, putting parts of Kherson (controlled by Ukraine) and the nearby Zaporizhzhiya power plant (held by Russia) at risk.
Flooding the area could also complicate plans for Ukraine's expected counteroffensive in the region. Ukraine accused Russia of mining the dam for these purposes last year. Zelensky has called an emergency security council meeting.

"Destroying the dam would mean a large-scale disaster" like "the use of weapons of mass destruction," Zelensky previously said, adding Russia knew "they will not be able to keep not only Kherson, but also the entire south of our country, including Crimea."
president.gov.ua/en/news/usi-sv…
a lot of detail on the worst-case scenarios for flooding in Kherson region modeled here cornucopia.se/2022/10/worst-…
Video of the destruction to the Kakhovka dam posted on Russian social media.
The second image here shows the likely consequences of blowing up the Kakhovka dam, including putting much of Kherson – a city Putin declared was part of Russia not nine months ago! – under water

Beavers have been spotted in Kherson after the dam was blown up, per Ukrainian social media.
Russia’s occupying authorities in Nova Kakhova, the biggest town in occupied Kherson region, posted these photos of flooding in the town center after the dam was blown up. ImageImage
Russian social media channels sharing video that appears to show the Kakhovka hydroelectric plant completely under water.
Swans now swimming through downtown Nova Kahkovka, on the Russian-controlled side of the Dnipro, after the dam burst, per Russian state media

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It was a cover story. The Iranians were traveling on diplomatic service passports, some sequentially numbered and issued on the same day just weeks before the trip took place. Image
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It’s time for the annual Putin presser and phone-in, combined into one – the first time he’s done it since the invasion of Ukraine.

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A crowd of people, some with Palestinian flags, broke into the airport in search of passengers on a flight from Tel Aviv.
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Remarkable to see security forces in Russia standing by for so long. By now, according to Baza, police in Makhachkala have chased them off the runway and outside the airport, where they are now protesting. The airport is closed t.me/bazabazon/22573
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Putin is going to make a “number of important statements” this evening, per the Kremlin. t.me/rt_russian/163…
Now Lukashenko’s press service says:

“⁉️⁉️⁉️ So many questions, versions, and suppositions…

Number One will TELL EVERYTHING and ANSWER them all. Very soon!

Follow the news!🔥🔥🔥”

I wish I were making this up t.me/pul_1/9281
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Lukashenko spent "the entire day" negotiating with Prigozhin after "agreeing on joint actions" with Putin and "additionally clarifying the situation through his own channels."

t.me/pul_1/9275
No immediate confirmation from the Kremlin or Prigozhin.
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