• vegai@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Cannot be sure yet, but one possible reason is scorched earth. Perhaps they know they’ll be leaving the area soon.

    Another would be to make it harder for Ukrainian troops to cross that area.

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      Doubt on both, the Ukrainian counteroffensive is somewhat mirage with even UA sources being unsure if it actually did happened, and Russian forces are afaik not currently making any moves. Also it will made it actually easier to cross in a short while. Finally, there’s the issue of water for Crimea, it’s strategic objective.

      Or it might be actual acident caused by 30 years of bad maintenance.