This article was originally published by CNBC on 16 June 2023 and was authored by Amanda Macias. The CNBC article can be accessed here.
An international team of investigators said in a new report that it is “highly likely Russian forces deliberately destroyed” the Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine.
“We find there is a high probability the collapse of the dam was caused by pre-emplaced explosives positioned at critical points within its structure,” explained Catriona Murdoch, a lawyer and expert in starvation-related crimes, who was also part of one of the first delegations to arrive at the site.
Both Russia and Ukraine have placed the blame squarely on each other for the explosion at the dam, which unleashed the worst ecological disaster in Ukraine’s history since Chornobyl.
More than 80 settlements in the Kherson region flooded, and at least 27 people have died, according to Ukraine Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko.
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— Amanda Macias
