![]() ![]() On 6 June 2023, an unprecedented calamity unfolded when the Kakhovka Dam collapsed due to Russia’s hostile act, releasing vast torrents of water and causing one of Europe's worst humanitarian and ecological catastrophes. Encompassing a sprawling expanse of 2,155 square kilometres, it held 18 cubic kilometres of water, which is equivalent to the Great Salt Lake, the largest saltwater lake in the Western Hemisphere. Among these reservoirs, the Kakhovka Reservoir was created in 1956 through the construction of the Kakhovka Dam. The Dnipro reservoir cascade is a series of dams, reservoirs and hydroelectric power stations on the Dnipro River stretching from Kyiv to the Black Sea. In this article, written exclusively for Global Insight, Ukraine’s Prosecutor General explains how Russia’s indiscriminate attacks on Ukraine’s infrastructure violate international law. Image caption: Water flows strongly through a breakthrough in the Kakhovka Dam in Kakhovka, Ukraine, 6 June 2023. Andriy Kostin, Prosecutor General of UkraineMonday 31 July 2023
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