I couldn’t locate the quote or the facts that Ukraine has fired on the dam to “test” the dam structural resistance. In fact, Russians have fired over the winter on and around dams trying to destroying energy infrastructure. I have witnessed results of some of these strikes. 14/
Full-scale invasion and national resilience, broadcasted live.
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Ukrainian General Fired American Rockets at Dam
5. Tucker than brings up that “the Washington Post quoted a Ukrainian general saying his men had fired American-made rockets at the dam's floodgate as a test strike”. This, he implies it must have been Ukraine 13/
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Russia’s responsibility for ethnic Russian deaths in Mariupol and Bakhmut
It is also absurd and cruel because it is Russia that killed ethnic Russian it vows to protect in Mariupol in tens of thousands, it is Russia that deported ethnic Russians or mobilized them and send them to die in Bakhmut and elsewhere. 12/
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Ukraine’s territorial control versus Russian claims
Russia violated them. In 2014, Russia illegally annexed Crimea. So, I guess, in his world view, Crimea is “effectively” Russian. But so was Kherson, Kyiv, and Kharkiv region. Now they are “effectively” and legally Ukrainian. So an irrelevant point, really! 8/
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Reservoir water supply to Ukrainian regions under war impact
The first part is correct. But Tucker omits that the reservoir supplies water also to Kherson, Zaporizhzhya, Dnipro regions, cities, industry, and farming relies on this water. 6/
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Dam reservoir supplies water to Crimea Russian Black Sea Fleet
Tucker then says that 2. The dam's reservoir supplies water to Crimea, which has been for the last 240 years home of the Russian Black Sea Fleet. 5/
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Refuting False Claims on Kakhovka Dam Explosion
Tucker Carlson yesterday made incorrect and false claims about the situation with Kakhovka dam explosion. The list of claims and refutations. 1. The Dam was effectively Russian. It was built by the Russian government, and it is in Russian-controlled territory. 1/
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Risky Ukrainian cross-river operation in Kherson
A Ukrainian cross-river operation in southern Kherson, below the dam, was always a risky and therefore low-probability prospect. There is no evidence that such an operation was under way, or would have necessarily been a part of the UA offensive plans.
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Flooding unlikely to impede Ukrainian Zaporizhia breakthrough plan
If the Ukrainian plan is to break through RF lines in Zaporizhia and advance to the ground lines of communication from Crimea, or sever the 'land bridge' (and I won't speculate as to what it might be), the resultant flooding is unlikely to impede such an operation.
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Kakhovka Dam Destruction’s Limited Impact on Ukraine’s Offensive
A few thoughts on the dam’s destruction and its implications for Ukraine’s offensive. In brief, I doubt it will have a significant impact on UA mil operations. The Khakovka dam is at least 100 miles from where much of the activity might take place at its closest point.