{"id":1944913,"date":"2023-06-06T00:23:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-06T04:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ukraine-dam-destroyed-dozens-of-nearby-towns-expected-to-be-flooded\/"},"modified":"2023-06-06T00:24:43","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T04:24:43","slug":"ukraine-dam-destroyed-dozens-of-nearby-towns-expected-to-be-flooded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ukraine-dam-destroyed-dozens-of-nearby-towns-expected-to-be-flooded\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine dam collapse: Many towns to be flooded."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fukraine-dam-destroyed-dozens-of-nearby-towns-expected-to-be-flooded%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1944913&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Major Hydroelectric Dam in Southern Ukraine Blown Up, Causing Flooding<\/h2>\n<blockquote><p>A major hydroelectric dam in southern Ukraine has blown up, which will likely cause flooding to dozens of nearby towns and cities, including the Kherson region, the majority of which has been under Russian control since near the beginning of the invasion in February of 2022.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The destruction of the Kakhovka dam is a major development in the ongoing conflict between Ukraine and Russia. The strategically-placed dam sits on the Dnipro River and has long been speculated to be a target for either side, depending on the timing and necessity.<\/p>\n<h3>Populations at Risk of Flooding Being Evacuated<\/h3>\n<p>Both Ukrainian and Russian sources have pointed the finger at each other for the destruction, as it remains unclear what advantages and disadvantages the dam offered for both sides. However, the immediate concern is for the populations at risk of flooding, who are being evacuated as the most severe inundation is expected to take place within the next few hours.<\/p>\n<p>The city of Kherson, recently retaken by the Ukrainians late last year, will likely be largely flooded as well. Videos posted to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">social media<\/a> of the destroyed Kakhovka dam appear to show some nearby islands already underwater.<\/p>\n<h3>Conflicting Reports on Cause of Destruction<\/h3>\n<p>The mayor of Nova Kakhovka, which has been under Russian control since February 2022, told the Russian state media outlet TASS that the dam collapsed due to previous damage inflicted in attacks overnight. He added that the city itself does not need to be evacuated.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, Yury Podolyak, a Russian blogger with more than 2.7 million subscribers on Telegram, said his information illustrates that the dam was not <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/reminder-democrats-canceled-the-metoo-movement-to-elect-joe-biden-and-almost-did-it-again-to-save-andrew-cuomo\/\" title=\"REMINDER: Democrats Canceled the #MeToo Movement To Elect Joe Biden (And Almost Did It Again To Save Andrew Cuomo)\">intentionally destroyed<\/a> but rather broke under the massive weight of the water and previous damage inflicted as part of the war.<\/p>\n<h3>Counteroffensive Expected from Ukraine<\/h3>\n<p>The massive new development in the war comes as Ukraine is expected to launch a counteroffensive at any time against Russia to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ukraine-dam-destroyed-dozens-of-nearby-towns-expected-to-be-flooded\/\" title=\"Ukraine dam collapse: Many towns to be flooded.\">retake land previously lost<\/a>. The Ukrainian Defense Ministry said the counteroffensive could begin at any time without warning, as \u201cPlans love silence. There will be no announcement of the start.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pelosi-schumer-file-measure-that-sets-up-process-to-ram-through-biden-stimulus-without-gop-support\/\" title=\"Pelosi, Schumer File Measure That Sets Up Process To Ram Through Biden Stimulus Without GOP Support\">developing news story<\/a>. Check back here for updates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ukrainian military, is also at risk of flooding after a major hydroelectric dam in southern Ukraine was destroyed. The explosion is expected to affect numerous towns and cities, including the Kherson region, which has been under Russian control since the start of the 2022 invasion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1944914,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[7385,18971,17634,23564,6991],"class_list":["post-1944913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-collapse","tag-dam","tag-flooded","tag-towns","tag-ukraine"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1944913","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1944913"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1944913\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1944914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1944913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1944913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1944913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}