Norwegian seismological institute Norsar detected “an explosion” coming from the area of Ukrainian of the Kahovka Dam at the time of its destruction on Tuesday, one of its top officials said today.
This announcement, which does not attribute an origin to the explosion, reinforces the version according to which the hydroelectric dam located in an area under Russian control it did not retreat due to damage sustained during the bombings of the previous months.
“We are sure there was an explosion,” he told the French Agency Ben Dando, head of department at Norsar.
According to this independent seismological research institute, the explosion occurred at 02.54 local time, at a location whose coordinates correspond to that of the Kahovka dam, on the river Dnieper.
Its size is “between 1 and 2“, he clarified Norsarwhich has not yet calculated its equivalent in tonnes TNTwhich requires the combination of several factors.
“This is not a patient explosion,” he clarified Nanny.
Recorded by her measuring station Bukovina at Romaniaabout 620 km from the place where it was noted.
The destruction of the hydroelectric dam, for which the Moscow and Kyiv blaming one side on the other, resulted in the flooding of towns and villages located on both banks of the Dnieper River, including districts of Kherson, the capital of the region, and forced thousands of people to leave their homes.
Source: News Beast
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