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preface
On June 6, a foreign media report caused an international uproar, what is going on? According to foreign media reports, the information showed that the Kakhovka Dam in the Kherson region of Ukraine suddenly collapsed in the early morning of the same day, and the collapse of such a dam with a special status can be said to be a funeral product of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict.
In today's relatively peaceful era, it is simply appalling that something like this is happening. In the past almost a year and a half, the Russian-Ukrainian war has intensified, from fierce conflict to the current stalemate, the entire confrontation process between Russia and Ukraine has entered the transition from the previous white-hot mode to the protracted mode of the war of attrition.
At this moment, a criminal catastrophe is unfolding, and this Kakhovka dam incident can be said to have become a dividing line for pattern transformation. At this time, the two sides were like two wild wolves in a duel, bringing unequal sounds to this once peaceful land. There are also many opinions behind the Kakhovka Dam. Let's find out what the truth is.
01 Disaster strikes
In the early morning of June 6, a disaster without warning befell Ukraine, the Kakhovka Dam in Ukraine was destroyed by artillery shells, this dam that existed like life in Ukraine disappeared overnight, and the Kakhovka Dam built in 1956 has not disappeared into the long river of history after natural erosion, and now it has become a victim of the Russian-Ukrainian war. And the sacrifice is not only as simple as a dam, but also the lives of the people living around it are ruthlessly taken away, and the survivors are displaced and homeless. A depressed scene came into our eyes.
The question of ownership of the Kakhovka hydroelectric dam can be said to be complex, and the ownership is still unclear. It is understood that the dam was completed in 1956, and the storage area has reached 2155 square kilometers, which can be said to be a large-scale existence, which can be compared with the largest saltwater lake in the western hemisphere - the Great Salt Lake of the United States, and can rank second in the world. It turned out that this mega dam belonged to Ukraine, but it was taken over by Russia after the Russian-Ukrainian war, so it once became a Russian dam.
Therefore, the sudden attack of the giant bomb on the dam has become a microcosm of the Russian-Ukrainian war, and on June 6, Russia's detection system and the trajectory of the giant bomb were feedback, and it was intercepted in the air at the first time. But the final result ended in a failed interception. According to relevant photographs, the explosion was triggered by the bomb hitting the upper part of the dam.
Because of the dam breaking, the flood water poured down like a beast. This sudden attack has brought great trouble to Russia and Ukraine, including Ukraine, and may even lead to disaster, and no one can be the winner of this incident, which can be said to be the result of losing both. Although the dam did not collapse as a whole by bombs, it did trigger a rise in the dam water level.
As an important public infrastructure, dams are protected by any country, region, or international treaty, and are listed as targets that cannot be attacked. Because in addition to the role of a country's dams on people's livelihood, they also have a significant role in natural society, and once the dam is bombed, it is prone to great secondary disasters. The dam was blown up, potentially cascading down the city and putting the lives of all people within the flood area.
02 Russian-Ukrainian relations
The crux behind the Kakhovka dam incident is ultimately because of the continued intensity of the Russian-Ukrainian war, which has lasted for more than a year, and we can see the reasons for the Russian-Ukrainian war from the occurrence to the continuous intensity. Russia and Ukraine were born from the same root, and now they are indeed too eager to fry each other.
The Russian side believes that Ukraine is its own little brother, and it should obey its own arrangements and keep pace with its own actions. On the other hand, Ukraine believes that it has a deep hatred with Russia because Russia's aggression has led to its rule for hundreds of years; Today's era of persecution requires Russia to find ways to control its "little brother".
Because in the new era is a "post-Yalta system" international pattern, the Western countries led by the United States are eyeing Russia, and the United States does not allow such an existence that threatens the international status of its own country, so it is necessary to draw Ukraine to fight Russia, and at the same time Russia and Ukraine are adjacent to each other, if the United States and Ukraine are "embarrassed", the door of their own country will be useless, directly allowing Western countries to drive straight in, so for the needs of their own national security must hit Ukraine, Kill his wolf ambitions to unite with the United States.
This is also what Russia must do as a fighting people; The "theory of land power expansion" is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Russia, as a descendant of the Slavs, has been actively advocating an expansion movement under the influence of this theory, so in the face of Ukraine's "betrayal", Russia has taken this opportunity to make things bigger, while actively expanding and pursuing its own political intentions under the banner of protecting its national security.
Therefore, the continued popularity and increasing impact of the Russian-Ukrainian war is due to both internal reasons between the two countries and external reasons instigated by Western countries. The hegemony between the United States and Russia is far from over, the Russian-Ukrainian war is only a victim of the hegemony between the United States and Russia, although the United States won in the previous US-Russia hegemony, of course, it is precisely the US-Soviet hegemony, and the end is the collapse of the Soviet Union, and the United States won the victory in this "wrist breaking".
But the skinny camel is bigger than the horse, although the Soviet Union collapsed, but the Soviet Union still exists in this huge national territory, and now Putin also has an iron-blooded wrist, and the United States still has concerns and worries about this. In addition, Russia's actions did not show pro-American moves, which further deepened the prevention of Russia, but it was inconvenient to directly conflict again, so it pulled Ukraine and took advantage of the contradictions between Russia and Ukraine, and the United States finally obtained the interests of its own country again.
In this way, the United States can kill two birds with one stone, and the United States can stir up this muddy water of the Eurasian plate and reap the benefits of fishermen. Therefore, in the confrontation of great powers, Ukraine's ultimate fate can only be reduced to a pawn in the struggle for hegemony of great powers. At this time, Ukraine should clearly understand that ending the Russian-Ukrainian war as soon as possible is not only to restore tranquility to the world and to save its own country.
03 The harm and impact of this bomb
The explosion of the giant bomb at the Kakhovka Dam had consequences for more than just the loss of a single dam. There are probably several aspects to the deep impact. The Kherson, Zaporozhye and other oblasts and Crimea will face difficulties in supplying water in the next 6 to 12 months, and there may be a water crisis, because the Kakhovka Dam is the second largest dam in the world, and the dam stores an amazing amount of water, so when there is a gap in this dam, a large amount of water is lost, so the local drinking water resources may face serious challenges.
This explosion, the engine room of the Kakhovka Dam was completely destroyed from the inside out due to the explosion, and the result of the damage could only be irreparable, and fortunately the main body of the dam could only be used without complete damage. And now the resulting drop in the dam water level and the insufficient hydrodynamic power generated cannot drive the operation of the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant, the largest nuclear power plant in Europe.
Because although nuclear power plants do not need to generate electricity through hydropower, the high heat generated by nuclear power plants requires a large amount of water for cooling and cooling. Judging by the geographical location of the nuclear power plant, the Zaporizhzhya NPP is 200 kilometers downstream of the Kakhovka Dam. Nuclear power plants require a continuous supply of water from reservoirs to ensure the continuous operation of nuclear power plants. Dams are now traumatized and water resources are not as good as they used to be. Then, after the existing water of the plant itself is used and evaporated in a few months, the only result for the plant is that neither the turbines nor the power plant will be operational.
Impact on the country's agriculture. Southern Ukraine has always been regarded as the breadbasket of the world, and now that dams have been blown up, reservoirs have been destroyed, and river levels have been lowered throughout most of southern Ukraine, the most immediate impact will be that the entire grain irrigation area will be a state of water shortage. So in the eyes of many people, the impact of this crisis is not only for one place in Ukraine, but even the entire Black Sea. And evaluate it as the world's largest man-made disaster in decades, which will negatively affect the lives of hundreds of thousands of people in the coming years.
Nuclear pollution crisisAs mentioned above, water is used as a coolant in nuclear power plants, and if water is missing, continuous high heat may lead to explosions in nuclear power plants. This was preceded by a serious nuclear accident at the Zaporozhel nuclear power plant in April 1986, which is shocking in retrospect, and the situation on the scene is tragic. So a nuclear power plant without coolant is like a bomb that can explode at any time, and will face a large amount of radioactive material released into the air.
Whether it is for the local residents or the surrounding ecological environment, it is a huge hidden danger, which may cause people to suffer from cancer, and also because of the explosion caused a series of psychological problems, people are worried every day. Therefore, the bomb attack on the Kakhovka Dam was a huge man-made disaster, and with Russia's failure to intercept the missile, the outbreak of the incident was like opening a Pandora's box, leaving the world in dire straits.
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In addition to the resulting disaster, it is also worth paying attention to who is behind this bomb attack, whether it is the actions of Ukraine or Russia. At this time, both sides on the international stage are tense and accusing each other. Let's pay attention to it together.
Russia believes that the dam was blown up by Ukraine, because in this incident, as the world's second largest dam, it has been controlled by Russia, and blowing up the dam at this time will render the Russian-occupied dam useless, and Ukraine has been threatening not to leave Russia an inch of land belonging to Ukraine.
The Ukrainian side believes that the dam is a farce written and directed by Russia. Because in the eyes of the international community, no one can blow themselves up, so Russia does the opposite, because according to Russia's defense forces, it is impossible to intercept even a few shells. And through this explosion, the water supply channels in Crimea can be cut off, which has a serious impact on the territory of Ukraine. Based on the remarks of the above two sides, it is impossible to know who is lying.
This kind of incident may be like the bombing of the Nord Stream pipeline, which eventually becomes a mystery that cannot be solved, or a random scapegoat is found to scapegoat. The destruction of the Kakhovka Dam is a disaster for society, economy and ecological environment, in order to prevent the arrival of events like this, what we need to do is to abandon zero-sum game thinking, dialogue on an equal footing, sit together and negotiate amicably to resolve differences between the two sides, and at the same time improve the ability to defend against emergencies.
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