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Old Video Of Khakhovka Dam Blast Shared as Recent- Fake News

I’ve been looking for recent images or video regarding the possibility of an explosion of some sort causing the dam to collapse.

Has anyone else seen anything that would confirm a recent hit on the dam? Ukraine has admitted more than once they’ve repeatedly struck the dam with Himars etc., So clearly there is old footage.

The question is there any new or recent information?

BOOM found that the video is not recent, but from November 2022.

The Kakhovka dam is a Soviet-era dam located in Ukraine’s southern Kherson region. As per reports, a blast on June 6 destructed the dam and caused flooding in the nearby areas, including agricultural land and villages. While it is unknown what caused the blast, both Russia and Ukraine have blamed each other for it.

The viral video of the explosion at Nova Kakhovka is being shared in this context and peddled as recent. A caption on Twitter reads, “#BREAKING: The moment that the Nova Kakhovka dam was blown up was purportedly captured on video. If this footage is real, it would certainly refute claims that there was no explosion.”

The information is from EuroMaidanPR- so it’s definitely perception managing material

Click here to view the tweet and here for an archive. A video report by Times Now on the recent blast includes a clip showing the old blast as well.

FACT-CHECK BOOM found that the clip is not recent, and from an older blast at the Kakhovka dam, which happened in November, 2022. A reverse image search of keyframes from the video on Google led us to a tweet from November 12, 2022 that carried similar visuals. The caption read, “Russian media publish a video of exploding the bridge across Dnipro in the area of Kakhivska Hydroelectric power plant.”

It seems this was a Ukrainian hit on the dam. Which isn’t shocking. Considering Ukraine openly claiming they would weaponize the dam. And admitted striking the dam several times

Using this information, we looked for more reports about the incident and found the same video shared by The Guardian from November 12. The headline of the story read, ‘Footage shows massive explosion at dam in Kherson

Click here to view.

Obviously repeated strikes such as this one are going to structurally weaken the dam.

7 replies on “Old Video Of Khakhovka Dam Blast Shared as Recent- Fake News”

Hi Penny,
I too have been looking for conclusive video evidence of what caused the catastrophic collapse of the dam. I was temporarily fooled by the same images you posted till it was shown to be old footage from Nov. 2022. The Ukrainians have bragged about shelling the structure repeatedly with U.S. supplied HIMARS rocket artillery and I have seen reports that they did so as recently as June 3rd. The dam certainly could have failed structurally due to prior weakening and record high water levels in the reservoir behind it.
What escapes me is the ‘why’. Neither side clearly prospers from this ecological disaster. The Ukrainians now have need for a massive evacuation in Kherson and they now face a more substantial and exposed amphibian assault for any move southward. The Russian front defensive line has been swamped ( they have secondary and tertiary fortifications ) and the fresh water supply to the Crimea has been lessened. The whole affair seems devoid of any coherent strategic value.
While the sophisticated sabotage of the Nordstream 2 pipeline with its obvious economic results demonstrate high level NATO advantages (at least for the Americans) other actions such as the pin prick drone attacks on the Kremlin, the constant shelling of civilian targets around Belgorod and the dam attack seem born out of Ukrainian nonsensical desperation. Given the failure of the opening phases of the great Ukrainian counter offensive, I would not discount that these actions are some kind of Beserker Götterdämmerung knee jerk reaction by some crazed rogue elements in the loathsome ‘Right Sector’ Banderist regime, aided perhaps by crazed rogue globalist elements in NATO.
I can easily imagine that Biden and Milley, Sunak, Macron and Stoltenberg are being informed of events in morning briefings copied and pasted from overnight Reuters pronouncements.

Hi Mark
Yes, it’s entirely possible that this dam simply failed- due to the endless Ukraine shelling and they’ve admitted they had lobbed missiles etc at it.
In my previous report which included the link to Washington Post
Then there is the possibility it was a desperate move by Ukraine.
And your thought is very prescient

“Given the failure of the opening phases of the great Ukrainian counter offensive, I would not discount that these actions are some kind of Beserker Götterdämmerung knee jerk reaction by some crazed rogue elements in the loathsome ‘Right Sector’ Banderist regime, aided perhaps by crazed rogue globalist elements in NATO.”

Because the opening salvo of their offensive isn’t going well thus far.
What a mess!

Penny, you might want to ponder the water level-
Lake Kakhovka
https://hydroweb.theia-land.fr/hydroweb/view/L_kakhovka?lang=en
change the start date to zoom-in as required

So the dam is in Russian control, from Dec’21 to Feb’22 there was a noticeable lowering of water level then from Feb’22 to date the level was made (by whom?) to increase to 2m above normal.

Have the Russians had the sluice gates fully open for months to try and control the level and the system has been over loaded or have they allowed the level to rise above normal and if so why?

Being an old cynic I tend to think we are seeing the old good cop / bad cop routine.

Hi Gimlet
I understand Ukraine had a super rainy spring? More than usual? Less than usual? I don’t know. But there appeared to be a lot of rain, more than usual, because at one time the Ukrainians actually claimed Russia was the reason for the excess rain?
I’m not up on weather modification to even know if this is possible over an extended period of time. (cloud seeding)
If I’m reading your comment correctly- the dam hasn’t been under Russian control since Feb 22?
I don’t know about the sluice gates and who has or hasn’t had them open or closed?

It’s okay to be an old cynic 🙂
I do my best with what I know and in this case it’s easy enough to conclude repeated attacks on the dam could have weakened the structure enough for it to simply fail.

“If I’m reading your comment correctly- the dam hasn’t been under Russian control since Feb 22?”

No – supposedly its under their jurisdiction but they have either not actively controlled it or have controlled it such a way as to allow the level to rise well above normal. From the same site you can see the level in the upstream lake has been maintained without anomaly.

Some of the early reports said there was no explosion and that the dam had failed due to high water level and repeated shelling. So why the high water level, unless you want to make the situation worse? Looks suspicious to me, but then I’m an old cynic.

Hey Gimlet Eye:
Thanks for the extra comment- Old cynic or not? Who among us really knows? We just aren’t privy to all that information. So I stick with what I am comfortable saying here-
high water levels, repeated shelling, probable lack of maintenance- an accident waiting to happen!

Lots on the line for me. I could get shut down again, or…. never mind that’s already occurred really- marginalization on line is happening-
Oh well, I’ve always liked the challenge 🙂
Good night Gimlet- I think, my old friend. I think? 🙂

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