It was going to happen, sooner or later, if not by explosives then because the russians holding it simply weren't communicating with the rest of the lock and turbine operators on the system, being held by ukraine. It does russia no favors from a military or occupation standpoint. It's de-mining their side of the dnipro and threatening crimean water supplies.
The backstory here is that russian forces believe they're being attacked everywhere all at once by nato supersoldiers. Russian telegram is lit up with fabulist conflicting reports - ranging from the total destruction of the ukrainian army to an ongoing drive that may not stop until it reaches fucking moscow, lol. I wouldn't put it passed some cut-off field promoted officer blowing it in a panic outside of any orders and running for his life.
The backstory here is that russian forces believe they're being attacked everywhere all at once by nato supersoldiers. Russian telegram is lit up with fabulist conflicting reports - ranging from the total destruction of the ukrainian army to an ongoing drive that may not stop until it reaches fucking moscow, lol. I wouldn't put it passed some cut-off field promoted officer blowing it in a panic outside of any orders and running for his life.
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