Posted on 06/07/2023 2:47:22 PM PDT by Kazan
In a press conference held Tuesday, a reporter confronted National Security Council spokesman John Kirby regarding claims that Russia had launched an attack destroying the Nova Kakhovka dam in the Russian-controlled parts of Ukraine’s Kherson region.
“Does it seem believable to you that Russia would destroy a dam and flood ethnic Russian villages, and cut off a water supply to Crimea? I mean, that doesn’t seem logical. It seems about as logical as blowing up one’s own pipeline, doesn’t it?” the reporter asked.
Kirby, however, did not directly address the question but indicated that they were actively seeking information from Ukrainian sources.
“We’ve come to no conclusions on this. We’re working with the Ukrainians. We’ll try to get as much information as we can,” said Kirby.
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The Gateway Pundit previously reported that the Ukrainian military accused Russian forces of intentionally blowing up the dam at the Nova Kakhovka hydroelectric power station on Tuesday.
“Russian terrorists,” said Zelenskyy. “The destruction of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant dam only confirms for the whole world that they must be expelled from every corner of Ukrainian land. Not a single meter should be left to them, because they use every meter for terror. It’s only Ukraine’s victory that will return security. And this victory will come. The terrorists will not be able to stop Ukraine with water, missiles or anything else.”
However, Russia denied the allegation and blamed shelling by the Ukrainian army.
Russian state news agency, RIA Novosti, reported that the shelling by the Ukrainian army reportedly destroyed the upper half of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station.
The outlet reported:
Ukrainian troops continue to inflict artillery strikes on the area of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station, RIA Novosti correspondent reports. Also, several shells fell in Novaya Kakhovka , eyewitnesses reported.
Last night shelling by the Ukrainian army destroyed the upper part of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station. The blow, presumably, was delivered from the Alder MLRS. There is an unregulated discharge of water. According to the head of the administration of Novaya Kakhovka , Vladimir Leontyev, the valves on the dam were demolished, but the dam itself was not damaged. He added that the rise in the water level in the Dnieper within the city is from two and a half to four meters.
This whole proxy war has been a lie from the beginning.
Very strange war.
Imagine London in 1940: bombers fly over the city and rain down destruction. Some blame the German Luftwaffe. Hitler denies this and says that the RAF is bombing London. There’s just no way to tell.
Did Russia blow up it’s pipeline? Or was it Ukraine? Did Russia blow up this dam? Or was it Ukraine?
If you can’t tell which side is blowing stuff up, then you’re watching a pretty odd war. In past wars, it’s been pretty obvious who is doing what to whom.
Given what the Soviet Union has done to its people in the past, it's believable. Of course, it's also believable that Ukraine did it. And it's also believable that some agency of the United States did it.
Seems about as logical as inventing a spike protein viral bioweapon and attacking one’s own citizens with it, and as illogical as inventing a fake “vaccine” full of experimental damaging spike proteins, and requiring citizens, even low risk children, to take it.
Russia did not blow up the pipeline or the dam, Ukraine.
Or massive deep-state propaganda is making everyone very confused.
His whole facial affect looks like he’s puckering up to suck ...something. The eyes give it away- wasn’t much of an admiral either.
So you assert that Russian Army security at the dam was so lame that they allowed Ukrainian engineers to place a few tons of charges to blow the dam? Right under their noses?
Okay.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0J7_mWf0ex8
This video features:
1. A Russian soldier claiming credit for Russia blowing the dam
2. Prigozhin several times referring to Russia as the “USSR”
Care to disavow either one?
𝘖𝘳 𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘱-𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘢 𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥.
If I’m not mistaken, the Smith-Mundt Modernization Act signed into law by President Obama allows for the dissemination of propaganda here in the United States.
If a country wants to flood a downstream area, it can simply open the dam it controls, instead of destroying it. Just like it can close a pipeline instead of destroying it.
Makes perfect sense when you recall the the Dniper River has been the border between Moskovite and Ukraine forces. Blowing the dam prevents Ukraine from crossing the river to advance.
It seems very logical.
It’s been clear from the beginning that Ukraine was going to cut off water to Crimea. By blowing the dam Russia cuts off water to Crimea - which would have happened anyway - and to much of Ukraine.
And it delays any attack across the river for a month or more. It’s clear that Ukraine was threatening a river crossing. Blowing the dam eliminated that.
I agree. The river upstream will be impassable due to decades of silt buildup which will now be an impassable barrier of mud. Downstream is flooded with towns and roads ruined for the foreseeable future.
And this gives the Russians cover both militarily and in their own media for having their troops retreat from Kherson and to have them staff the new defenses in Crimea.
Assuming Russia did this (because it was under their control) it’s a sound strategic decision. It holds off any Ukrainian advance in the direction of Crimea for at least another month.
“If a country wants to flood a downstream area, it can simply open the dam it controls”
But that won’t cause the kind of catastrophic damage that destroying the dam can cause.
This is a scorched earth tactic where the Russians have ruined the area and they’ve even ruined their water supply for Crimea. It’s the kind of thing the Germans did when they were retreating in both directions during WW2.
Meaning it’s an act of desperation. Russia is losing this war and they’re shifting gears for an endgame.
Kirby never told the truth in his life.
We posted more or less the same thing just seconds apart!
“Does it seem believable to you that Russia would destroy a dam and flood ethnic Russian villages, and cut off a water supply to Crimea? I mean, that doesn’t seem logical.”
It’s a much more logical proposition when you include the information that the flooded area was the focus of one successful Ukrainian counterattack last fall, and one of the likely targets for the new counteroffensive.
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