The demolition of the dam in Nova Kakhovka is a war crime under the Geneva Convention, but Russia has already systematically violated the Geneva Convention during its illegal war in Ukraine.

The destruction of hydroelectric power plants is considered a weapon of mass destruction and a war crime of indiscriminate effect, according to Article 56 of Additional Protocol I of 1977.

Due to the explosion of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant, settlements on the left bank of the Dnipro River were under the greatest threat.

In addition, the expert predicted secondary consequences:
Zaporizhzhia NPP

As of now, after the occupiers’ criminal explosion of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant, the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant is not working.


The supply of cooling water to Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, Zaporizhzhya NPP, which requires cooling even for shutdown reactors, is likely to be stopped.
North Crimean Canal
Water supply to Crimea will be cut off again. This is just a shot in the foot. They were going to stay there for a long time. Or not?
Tauride Reclamation and the Kakhovka Canal
Water supply to irrigation systems in Kherson, Dnipro, and Zaporizhzhia regions, mostly in the occupied territories, will stop. It is not known whether any farming is currently taking place there, but without water, it will definitely lose its meaning.
As a reminder, on the night of Tuesday, June 6, the Russian occupiers blew up the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant. Evacuation of the population began in the Kherson region, and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy convened a meeting of the National Security and Defense Council.

We would like to add that the Russian occupiers mined Kakhovka HPP twice before blowing it up on June 6. In particular, the explosion of the plant indicates panic among the occupiers.