Destruction of the dam of Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station can distract Ukraine from the counter -offensive of the Armed Forces - FT

According to him, this terrorist attack will have long -term humanitarian and environmental consequences, as well as military consequences. Ukraine has not won anything from this disaster. The moment of accident for the Kremlin is very successful. Moreover, Moscow previously demonstrated the intention to use the HPP dams as weapons. Hall noted that Ukraine most likely did not plan a large -scale offensive across the Kherson region.

However, flooding a large number of territories still creates additional problems for Kiev. "Meanwhile, the authorities of Ukraine should fight a humanitarian disaster that will inevitably distract the government's attention from a critical summer counter -offensive," Hall said. According to him, now it seems more likely that the Russian Federation can decide on a nuclear terrorist attack with the Zaporozhye NPP.

Of course, the blasting of dams creates problems for the water supply of Crimea occupied by Russia, but in the Kremlin, in view of everything, it is not concerned about it. "The destruction of the Kakhovsky Dam sends a signal that Moscow is still capable of escalation of war. The question is how far it is ready to go," Hall said.

It should be noted that in the report of June 6, the ISW analysts also said that the flood due to the undermining of the Dams of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station will help the Russian Federation complicate the counter -offensive of the Armed Forces. They stated that the Kremlin was using a terrorist attack to reinforce propaganda about the "failure" offensive of Ukrainian troops. At the same time, analysts did not find material benefits for the destruction of the station for Ukraine.