The Russian occupiers blew up the Kakhovka hydroelectric station for two reasons: because of their panic and desire to shift Kyiv's attention to humanitarian issues in order to delay the counteroffensive.

This opinion was expressed by the military-political observer of the Information Resistance group Oleksandr Kovalenko, reports FREEDOM.

According to him, the Defense Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporizhzhia region deployed a reconnaissance process in battle at a number of locations.

"And if earlier reconnaissance in battle took place situationally in some locations, then recently it happened on a large scale - several directions were chosen at once. I do not exclude that the Russian command came to the conclusion that the offensive of Ukraine has begun," Kovalenko said.

He suggested that the Russians blew up the hydroelectric station to prevent the crossing of the Dnieper by Ukrainian troops.

"Now it is impossible to cross the Dnieper, although, in principle, it was not some, in my opinion, a decisive moment in the planning of our offensive operations. I do not think that there was any scenario that prevails in its importance," the expert said.

Also, the blowing up of hydroelectric power plants created a huge humanitarian crisis, an environmental catastrophe, which Ukraine must deal with now. It is about saving people, resolving issues with refugees, providing settlements and cities with clean fresh water, etc.

"That is, a huge number of issues should be resolved, and all this is resource-intensive. And precisely for this purpose, I also do not rule out that the Russians blew up the hydroelectric power station in order to divert the attention of official Kyiv from issues related to the offensive to humanitarian issues. That is, in this way they most likely tried to postpone our offensive. But again, the process of offensive actions and preparation for offensive actions of this kind of terrorist act did not have any serious critical impact," the analyst concluded.

Earlier, NSDC Secretary Oleksiy Danilov explained whether the blowing up of the Kakhovka hydroelectric station would prevent the Ukrainian counteroffensive. He also denied information about the beginning of the counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Recall, the head of the Hola Prystan city military administration said that by the end of the day the city of Hola Prystan could completely drown.

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