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I don't think that is shifts the blame though. It's still a dam, not a child's toy — if you occupy it, be responsible!
When the first news arrived I have dismissed "the accident" version (UA attack was never even a version to me), but then I grew less skeptical to it because in addition to malice Russian management is known for sheer incompetence. They might have planned to destroy the dam — there is solid proof of that, but not now, not at this particular day.
That last version - an accidental early demolition - seems to be supported by a number of SBU intercepts. Russian soldiers discuss how a group of their engineers made final checks for blowing up the dam later that week in case of Ukrainian offensive from Kherson, but instead blew it up by accident, getting killed in the explosion. There was also another intercept where they discussed how Russian sappers didn’t correctly calculate the amount of explosives planted in the dam already in October last year.
@kravietz @osma @chowderman
Well anyway, it's in the past now as US seems to have registered an explosion — that is proof I was waiting for. Zelensky's words alone weren't enough this time, sorry. Because I know quite well that as much as Russian military command is evil, it's also stupid.