“Difference between a “dam” and a “barrage dam”
Thank you for info.
I read Russia blocked some gates to build the dam to a record high. Also, Russia had placed explosives beneath the water. I will try to re-find source : can’t remember if video or article source... maybe, someone else has at their fingertips! LOL
Gates were closed to allow the water level behind the dam to build up to a very high level, which as you describe in comment#8 probably caused the power of the breach to get away from Russia’s more rational goals. Poor Pooty, again.