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Water At War: Kakhovka Dam In Ukraine
March 15th, 2025
Via Phys.org, commentary on the long-term environmental consequences of the destruction of the Kakhovka Dam in Ukraine: Water is misused as a weapon when infrastructure and water resources are deliberately destroyed in armed conflicts. Water resources and infrastructure are also affected by the ongoing armed conflict in Ukraine: In June 2023, the Kakhovka Dam, which […]
Read more »The Ukraine War Is Changing the Future of the World’s Tallest Dam
February 5th, 2025
Courtesy of the Wall Street Journal, a video look at how the Rogun Dam in Tajikistan, set to be the world’s tallest, could reshape Central Asia’s energy landscape. And with the Ukraine war shifting geopolitics in the region, Tajikistan is gaining international support.
Read more »Ukraine’s Destroyed Dam Has Led To Parched Irrigation Channels
August 7th, 2023
Via Newsweek, a report on the devastating impact that the destruction of Kakhovka dam is having upon Ukraine: Ukrainian farmers face a pressing threat as the vital irrigation systems supplying water to their fields in Kherson start to dry up. In June, the Kakhovka dam in Russia-occupied Kherson was destroyed in an explosion because of the ongoing […]
Read more »Not Just In Ukraine: How Armies Turn Water Into A Weapon Of War
June 9th, 2023
Via 19FortyFive, a look at how the breach of the Kakhovka dam in Ukraine is hardly the first time that water has been used as a weapon of war. Earlier this week a breach in the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant unleashed the Dnipro River, flooding a vast expanse of the Ukrainian countryside. Russia and Ukraine have blamed one […]
Read more »Water and Conflict: Updates from the Russia-Ukraine War
January 25th, 2023
We are living in a time of water and kinetic conflict in the Ukraine and I would like to highlight this interesting discussion ahead: Russia’s war in Ukraine has devastated the country’s water and sanitation infrastructure. Civilian water supply and treatment have been exposed to collateral damage, wielded as weapons through targeted attacks, and strained […]
Read more »Russia Accused Of Sabotaging Ukraine Water Pipe To Mykolaiv
October 31st, 2022
Courtesy of BBC, an article on accusations that Russia intentionally sabotaged water supply infrastructure in Ukraine: For six months, homes in Ukraine’s southern coastal city of Mykolaiv have been without clean drinking water. Military and UN experts have told a BBC investigation they believe Russian forces deliberately cut off the water supply last April. Satellite […]
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