American satellites recorded an explosion at the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station before the collapse of the dams of the dam - Nyt

The US intelligence satellites recorded an explosion on the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric station shortly before it destroyed on the night of June 6, writes The New York Times with reference to a high -ranking White House official.

Satellite infrared sensors registered a heat flash corresponding to a large explosion. However, the United States still cannot say with confidence what caused the destruction of the dam. US intelligence suspects that Russia could bring down the dam, but there is no undeniable evidence of this.

Explosion equipment and engineers surveyed by NYT believe that the cause of the disaster could be a purposeful blowing of the dam. Previously, versions of the blow from the outside or its natural destruction were put forward due to previous shelling and insufficient services of the hydroelectric power station. Experts do not exclude such scenarios, but consider them less likely than a blow.

Norsmological organization Norsar also recorded an explosion near the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station on the night of June 6. The indicators from the Burar station in Romania are talking about an explosion within a radius of 20-30 km around the hydroelectric power station at 02:54 June 6. Bellingcat analyst Arik Toler said the first explosion reports appeared on June 6 at 02:18 local time. It suggests that Norsar data indicate a powerful explosion after the breakthrough of the dam.

The destruction of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station entailed a flood on both banks of the Dnieper, as well as in the Nikolaev region, which was on the tributary of the Dnieper South Bug. About 40 thousand people were in the flooding zone, while the left bank of the Dnieper was occupied by Russian troops.

The occupation authorities claim that about 5,800 people are evacuated with Russia occupied by Russia. Volunteers working in the occupied flooding zone reported that the Russian Ministry of Emergencies prevents the evacuation of residents. On the territories controlled by Ukraine, more than 3,000 people were evacuated . The evacuation takes place under shelling .

As a result of the catastrophe and shells of shells, several dozen people died, the exact number of dead can only be estimated after the water gathering.

After the breakthrough of the dam in the Kherson region, the pest of fish began . The authorities of Ukraine also predict that the fields of the south of Ukraine will subsequently turn into a desert.