On June 6, 2023, Russian troops blew up the Kakhovskaya HPP. The detonation of the hydroelectric power station in the Kherson region was carried out "in the best traditions" of the Soviet experience. After all, this is not the first time that the Russian military is trying to save its own skin by destroying a strategically important object and at the cost of innocent lives of civilians.
In 1941, retreating Soviet troops blew up the Dnipro HPP, killing more than 100,000 people. It happened on August 18, 1941 at 8:15 p.m., when the Red Army, retreating from Zaporizhzhia, tried to destroy the main strategic object of Ukraine - the Dnipro hydroelectric plant, using more than 20 tons of explosives. The explosion was prepared in advance at the beginning of August and approved by Stalin.
According to various sources, the tragic result of this operation was the death of about 100-120 thousand people. They were mainly residents of the surrounding towns and villages. In addition, Soviet soldiers crossing to the left bank of the Dnieper became the victims of this explosion. Exact information about the losses of German troops is not available, because the dam was blown up before their approach.
After the explosion, a giant breach was formed in the dam, which reached about 165 meters. He provoked an almost six-meter wave that washed away the coastal city strip, the floating islands of Khortytsi and broke through to the neighboring Ukrainian cities of Nikopol and Marganets.
This terrible explosion literally paralyzed the activity of industrial enterprises of Zaporozhye. The wharf, ship repair plant and warehouses suffered the most from the sudden flood. According to the recollections of eyewitnesses, the consequences of the flood here were similar to the spring flood that flooded the streets adjacent to the banks of the Dnieper.
After Zaporozhye was captured by German troops, which happened 46 days after the explosion, part of the destroyed dam was restored. And in the summer of 1942, instead of the disabled equipment, a new one, made in Germany, started working.
By analogy with the events that happened 82 years ago, the Russians blew up a hydroelectric plant. They did not think about the civilian population (including those in the occupied territories) or about their soldiers. However, hopes that the explosion of the Kakhovskaya HPP will stop the counteroffensive of the Armed Forces are in vain. There will be retribution for everything!
