Thread by @PeterGleick

🧵Thread: Water and War Crimes
There is no confirmation yet of who is responsible for the destruction of Kakhova Dam on the Dnieper River.
But such an attack is a clear international war crime. The 1977 Additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions...
#KakhovkaDam

(Article 56 of Protocol I & Article 15 of Protocol II) EXPLICITLY prohibit attacks on infrastructure "containing dangerous forces" including explicitly "dams" and "dykes" if such attacks "may cause the release of dangerous forces and...

consequent severe losses among the civilian population."

This attack will cause both.
#KakhovkaDam

Ukrainian military sources (a FB source: Оперативне командування "Південь") say the Kakhovka Dam was destroyed by Russian forces.
No confirmation possible yet.
"The Kakhovskaya HPP was blown up by the Russian occupying forces...

"Currently, the scale of the destruction, the speed and volumes of water, and the likely areas of inundation are being clarified. All services are working. The situation is being monitored."

Again, no confirmation.