The Russian Federation is studying new critical water infrastructure in Ukraine as potential targets for attack. It is evident that the targets could include the dams of the Travyanka Reservoir (Kharkiv region) and the Olexandrivka Reservoir (Mykolaiv region), as reported by Robert Lansing Institute (RLI).
Russian company OJSC Panorama Design Bureau, promoting its "Panorama" software, published on its website the results of modeling the destruction of the two mentioned dams as an example of "modeling abrupt wave in case of breach of the hydraulic facilities."
Considering that the Panorama Design Bureau is involved in GIS development, including for special services (the Ministry of Defense of Russia and the FSB), it cannot be ruled out that the website published modeling results previously carried out in the interests of these security structures. In the case of the Travyanka Reservoir, flooding of Kharkiv was assessed.
Furthermore, the Panorama Design Bureau analyzed critical infrastructure in the area of the Olexandrivka Hydroelectric Power Station. In its conclusions, it mentioned the hydraulic systems of the Tashlyk Hydroelectric Pumped Storage Power Station, the Tashlyk Reservoir, and the cooling station of the South Ukrainian Nuclear Power Plant, which are located upstream of the reservoir.
Moscow's goal is to maximize its impact on Ukraine's largest and most problematic economy and population.
Violations of the exclusion zone of the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant at the beginning of the large-scale invasion, threats to the safety of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, military actions at chemical plants in the Donbas, the explosion of the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Station dam, and the Tolyatti-Odesa, the world's longest ammonia pipeline, and missile attacks on the Dnipro Hydroelectric Power Station have led to irreversible damage to the environment.
On March 22 of this year, Russia launched a missile strike on the Dnipro Hydroelectric Power Station, resulting in a fire at the facility. Thus, it can be said that attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure have become more frequent.
As a result of Russia's missile strikes, the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant was on the verge of shutdown: the external line PL-750 kV "Dniprovska" was de-energized. Russia threatens Ukraine and Europe with a nuclear catastrophe. The threat from the Russians to detonate the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant is absolutely real and requires immediate action.
