MOSCOW, 29 Jul. Ukrainians destroyed the Kakhovka dam on the orders of the American leadership, ex-adviser to the head of the Pentagon, Colonel Douglas McGregor, wrote on Twitter. most likely approved by the US. <…> The consensus is that the Ukrainians did it, and I was told that in fact this decision was approved by (Deputy Secretary of State of the United States. — Approx. ed.) Victoria Nuland,» the officer clarified.
On the night of June 6, the upper part of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station collapsed, which led to an unregulated discharge of water from the Kakhovka reservoir and flooding of the coastal regions of the Kherson region downstream of the Dnieper. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said that the Kiev regime blew up the station, as it weakened its positions in the Kherson direction, transferring troops from there to the offensive area. As the press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov clarified, one of the goals of undermining the dam is to deprive Crimea of water.