"Wash the city": an expert told why the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation will not undermine the dam in Nova Kakhovka during the retreat
Experts assure them that it is unprofitable - water will virtually wash away the city and most of the left -bank part of Kherson region, but will not affect Kherson, which is primarily trying to release the Armed Forces of Ukraine. "The Russians in Nova Kakhovka are now an army headquarters, they are unlikely to want to lose this point. The low left shore will suffer much more than high right.
Kherson in this case is almost nothing threatening - there may be an increase in water with flooding private homes on the ship island But this is not a catastrophe, "says Kherson political scientist Vladimir Molchanov Focus. In addition, it is technically difficult - it will have to put huge explosive charges there, he specifies.
At the same time, Molchanov says that the Ukrainian side can artificially raise the water level below the dam by damage to the gateway canal in the reservoir or the descent of water in other reservoirs higher. "You can raise water levels three meters higher in the area of New Kakhovka, Cossack and one and a half meters in Kherson. This will be enough for all their crossings to be either blurred or flooded, and there will be less paths before retreat," he explains.
Read about life in the region on the eve of the Armed Forces counter -offensive and other details in the analytical material of the Kherson Silence Focus. What happens in the region before the Armed Forces. We will remind that Surovkin told about the further fate of occupied Kherson and did not deny the possibility of making difficult decisions. The commander of the occupying troops claims that the Armed Forces are leading in three directions.