Kakhovka Dam Destruction: Before, After, And A Year Later
The Kakhovka Dam on Ukraine's Dnieper River was destroyed on June 6, 2023, causing unprecedented flooding and endangering the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant. Using satellite images taken before, after, and a year later, we look at how the landscape near the dam and the power plant has changed.
Denotes Russian-occupied territory in Ukraine on June 4, 2024
Denotes Russian-occupied territory in Ukraine on June 4, 2024
Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant and reservoir
Kakhovka Reservoir
Kakhovka Dam (60 km)
Zaporizhzhya
Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant and reservoir
Kakhovka Reservoir
Kakhovka Dam (60 km)
Zaporizhzhya
Kakhovka Reservoir
Ukraine’s environment minister said the Kakhovka Reservoir had lost nearly three-quarters of its 18 cubic kilometers of water a week after the dam was destroyed.
Kakhovka Reservoir
Ukraine’s environment minister said the Kakhovka Reservoir had lost nearly three-quarters of its 18 cubic kilometers of water a week after the dam was destroyed.
Territory occupied by Russia
The Dnieper has divided much of the front line between Russian and Ukrainian forces since Russia’s withdrawal from the city of Kherson in late 2022.
Nikopol
Enerhodar
The Dnieper has divided much of the front line between Russian and Ukrainian forces since Russia’s withdrawal from the city of Kherson in late 2022.
Enerhodar
Nikopol
Territory occupied by Russia
With the coming of spring and warmer temperatures, snowmelt causes flooding, which partially restores the reservoir’s water levels.
With the coming of spring and warmer temperatures, snowmelt causes flooding, which partially restores the reservoir’s water levels.
Without the dam, irrigation canals that depended on the reservoir do not receive enough water. Up to 6.9 million hectares of Ukrainian farmland have been abandoned since Russia’s full-scale invasion, according to NASA satellite observations.
Without the dam, irrigation canals that depended on the reservoir do not receive enough water. Up to 6.9 million hectares of Ukrainian farmland have been abandoned since Russia’s full-scale invasion, according to NASA satellite observations.
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