This handout SkySat image taken by Planet Labs PBC on June 4, 2023 released on June 6, 2023 shows the Kakhovka HPP dam, southern Ukraine, before it’s partial destruction. – The partial destruction on June 6, 2023 of the major Russian-held dam in southern Ukraine unleashed a torrent of water that flooded two dozen villages forcing mass evacuation, sparking fears of a humanitarian disaster near the war’s front line. Moscow and Kyiv traded blame for ripping a gaping hole in the Kakhovka dam as expectations built over the start of Ukraine’s long-awaited offensive. (Photo by Handout / 2023 Planet Labs PBC / AFP)
Agence France-Presse
Norway’s seismological institute said Friday it had detected “an explosion” at the site and time a dam was breached in Ukraine that caused major flooding.
NORSAR’s announcement, which did not provide any information about the cause of the blast, supports suggestions that the hydroelectric dam, located in a Russian-controlled zone, did not burst as a result of damage incurred during months of heavy bombing.
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