Spokesperson for South Operational Command Natalia Humeniuk to Radio Svoboda:
Not the whole dam of Kakhovka HPP was destroyed, but it was severely damaged. It was blown up from the inside;
The site was severely damaged. The volume of destruction is high, so the water rise can be very high;
It was not a rocket strike: "even by the type of damage, from the appearance of the dam itself, it is clear that the detonation took place from the inside";
"They decided that this way they would be able to stop the counteroffensive of Ukrainian Forces.
They are trying to increase the water surface area so that Ukrainian defense forces do not resort to forcing". She did not specify how this could influence the counteroffensive.
But now the "line of firing positions" of the Russian military will move because "the water will do its job."
This means that Kherson residents on the right bank of Dnipro river will have it "a little easier" with shelling.
