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| − | According to DNR News, [[Igor Kolomoisky]], the Ukrainian oligarch who controls much of the South East of Ukraine with his privately | + | According to DNR News, [[Igor Kolomoisky]], the [[Ukrainian]] oligarch who controls much of the South East of [[Ukraine]] with his privately-financed [[Azov Battalion]] thugs, has threatened to blow up the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dnieper_Hydroelectric_Station Dneprostroi Dam] if [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_separatist_forces_in_Donbas Novorossian armed forces (NAF)] enter [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaporizhzhia Zaporizhzhia] on the Eastern bank of the Dnieper river: |
| − | {{QB|...A source in the Zaporozhye city administration said that, soon after annnouncing ''"Plan B"'' to defend | + | {{QB|...A source in the Zaporozhye city administration said that, soon after annnouncing ''"Plan B"'' to defend Mariupol and Odessa from the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_separatist_forces_in_Donbas NAF,] [[Igor Kolomoisky|Kolomoisky]]'s right-hand-man, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borys_Filatov Boris Filatov,] ordered officials to prepare for the worst including the destruction of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dnieper_Hydroelectric_Station DniproHES dam.] |
| − | A retired Colonel Viktor Litovkin said that to carry out such a | + | A retired Colonel [https://tass.com/opinions/experts/4604 Viktor Litovkin] said that to carry out such a threat would be suicide. The broken dam would flood much of SE [[Ukraine]] and part of [[Russia]].<ref>''[http://translate.yandex.net/tr-url/ru-en.en/dnr-news.com/dnr/2908-kolomoyskiy-mozhet-vzorvat-dneproges-esli-opolchenie-zaymet-zaporozhe.html "Kolomoisky can blow up the Dam if the militia takes Zaporozhye"]'' - Yandex machine translation from NDR 29 August 2014</ref><ref>''[http://dnr-news.com/dnr/2908-kolomoyskiy-mozhet-vzorvat-dneproges-esli-opolchenie-zaymet-zaporozhe.html "Original Russian article"]''</ref> |
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Revision as of 10:55, 27 April 2022
| Date | 2014/08/28 12:00:00 AM - Present |
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| Description | Igor Kolomoisky threatens to blow the Dnieper dam at Dniproges if the NAF forces take Zaporozhe |
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Dnieper dam at Zaporozhe SE Ukraine.
According to DNR News, Igor Kolomoisky, the Ukrainian oligarch who controls much of the South East of Ukraine with his privately-financed Azov Battalion thugs, has threatened to blow up the [Dneprostroi Dam if Novorossian armed forces (NAF) enter Zaporizhzhia on the Eastern bank of the Dnieper river:
...A source in the Zaporozhye city administration said that, soon after annnouncing "Plan B" to defend Mariupol and Odessa from the NAF, Kolomoisky's right-hand-man, Boris Filatov, ordered officials to prepare for the worst including the destruction of the DniproHES dam.
A retired Colonel Viktor Litovkin said that to carry out such a threat would be suicide. The broken dam would flood much of SE Ukraine and part of Russia.[1][2]
External links
- Dnieper Hydroelectric Station - Wikipedia page
- Picture of the dam and hydro-electric station - Google maps
- Map of dam location
References
- ↑ "Kolomoisky can blow up the Dam if the militia takes Zaporozhye" - Yandex machine translation from NDR 29 August 2014
- ↑ "Original Russian article"
