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1/ Its been 2 weeks since the Russians destroyed the #KakhovkaHPP dam. What will the Dnipro River look like when it returns to its pre-reservoir (before 1955) position? Where are the possible crossing locations? How might UAF exploit these crossing opportunities? A #NAFOWeather🧵
3/ The receding Dnipro RIver has revealed once submerged RF defenses including mines placed along the over 200 km of #KakhovkaReservoir left bank coastline. 
4/ During WW2, the German Nazi and Red Army forces built several temporary bridges across the Dnipro River between Kakhovka and Zaporizhzhia to establish and defend bridgeheads.
Battle for the Ore Deposits: The Red Army vs. Nazi Germany
https://t.co/uVR5XRz6qtwarfarehistorynetwork.com/article/battle…
Battle for the Ore Deposits: The Red Army vs. Nazi Germany
https://t.co/uVR5XRz6qtwarfarehistorynetwork.com/article/battle…
At least 38 days before the massive collapse of #KakhovkaDam, a wall adjacent to turbulent flow, broke apart:
A video by @InvestigatorUa from April 28th shows that a big chunk of a wall separating outflow of HPP and the Dam is half submerged in the water.
A video by @InvestigatorUa from April 28th shows that a big chunk of a wall separating outflow of HPP and the Dam is half submerged in the water.
Another drone video from May 16th shows the same picture: section of that separator wall broke off.
Just to have a separate source of confirmation: satellite images days before the collapse also clearly show that section of the wall broke apart.
(@Maxar 28th of May)
(@Maxar 28th of May)
1/ This thread rebuts claims made by Mikael "Vatnikersson" Valterson against @Ukrhydroenergo, saying Ukraine's state dam operator, "was the original culprit" in destroying the #KakhovkaHPP and exacerbating dam destruction flooding. A #NAFOWeather 🧵
2/ As "Readers" pointed out, the video Vatnikersson used to "prove" Ukraine sent water downstream to #KakhovkaHPP was almost 2 months old. The video proves nothing. Vatnikersson made no attempt to clarify the temporal discrepancy; the tweet is still posted.
3/ Vatnikersson made several allegations in his tweet that accused Ukraine of destroying its own dam as well as causing post-dam failure flooding. I will unpack these allegations.
#KakhovkaReservoir #KakhovkaHPP
1/ Status Follow-up: 30 May 2023. Over-topping of #KakhovkaHPP dam continues, now occurring for a full month.
1/ Status Follow-up: 30 May 2023. Over-topping of #KakhovkaHPP dam continues, now occurring for a full month.
2/ Loop of several cloud-free Sentinel-2 passes of #KakhovkaHPP this month, latest 29 May 2023, show white turbulent flow downstream of sluice gates.
3/ @lhinnant published an article "Damage to Russian-occupied dam submerges Ukrainian reservoir island community" 25 May 2023 for @AP. Worth a read.
apnews.com/article/ukrain…
apnews.com/article/ukrain…
#KakhovkaReservoir #KakhovkaHPP Status Follow-up: 8 May 2023. Upon further analysis of 6 May 2023 Sentinel-2 imagery and consultation with @tom_bike @Gergyl & @BruckenRuski, we believe the #KakhovkaReservoir water is "over-topping" the #KakhovkaHPP dam. /1
Time-series loop from 27 March 2023 to 6 May 2023. Note the "brightening" downstream (left side) of the #KakhovkaHPP sluice gates last frame in loop which is water flowing over the top of the dam. Over-topping is particularly evident on the 3 northern most sluice gates. /2
Why is this happening? Recall the Russian occupiers blew up the road and rail deck above the #KakhovkaHPP dam sluice gates on 10 NOV 2022 as part of the RF retreat ("strategic repositioning") from the Dnipro right bank. /3
