"We don't know if it was an accident, if it was one of the two sides, and the military effects are often uncertain," says Guillermo Pulido, a defense analyst for Army Magazine. "We are talking about a war front of more than a thousand kilometers, so it can influence what happens in that sector, but that does not give a definitive advantage to either side," adds Jesús A. Núñez Villaverde, co-director of IECAH. In the video that accompanies this news, these two experts answer a question: can the destruction of the Nova Kakhovka dam in Kherson affect the counteroffensive launched by Ukraine against the invading Russia?
War Ukraine - Russia: latest news live
War Ukraine - Russia: latest news live
The dam of the hydroelectric power plant has been destroyed in the early hours of Tuesday and the two sides accuse each other. It is unclear which of the two may be more adversely affected in the conflict by the breakdown of infrastructure. What is clear is that the civilian population and the Ukrainian environment will be greatly affected. Many localities will be flooded with the waters of the Dnieper River and tens of thousands of people will have to be evacuated.
River crossing?
The impact of the dam rupture on Ukraine's counteroffensive may depend on what its plans were. The flooding of defensive areas may make it impossible for local troops to advance, allowing Putin's troops to send the troops who guarded them to other points of the front more threatened. But the flooding could also favor a Dnieper crossing operation. In either case, it is too early to know the impact of the dam rupture on the war.
