Zelensky: Let’s not stop us because of the Russian dam blow-up
According to President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, the explosion of the dam on the Dnipro in the south of the country will not prevent Ukraine from recapturing occupied territories. “The disaster at the Kakhovska hydroelectric power plant caused by Russian terrorists will not stop Ukraine and Ukrainians,” Zelensky said in his evening video message on Tuesday. At the same time, he promised help to those affected in the flooded region. Moscow and Kiev have accused each other of destroying the dam.
According to Zelenskyj, the dam was blown up to slow down the Ukrainian counter-offensive. “We will still liberate our entire country,” he announced. Such attacks could not prevent Russia’s defeat, but only meant that Moscow would have to pay higher damages in the end. The Ukrainian Attorney General has already appealed to the International Criminal Court to investigate the explosion.
Meanwhile, Selenski promised help to the people in the region. The government is doing everything to save flood victims and to provide the population with drinking water.
Zelensky also presented a rationale for why Russia was cutting off the water supply to the Crimean Peninsula, which she controls, with such a blast. According to him, Moscow is already prepared to lose Crimea, which has been annexed since 2014.