*[Enwl-eng] Hydroelectric dams as weapons. News from Ukraine

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Hydroelectric dams as weapons: virtual and actual

By Oleksii Vasyliuk and Eugene Simonov

Translated by Jennifer Castner

Dam-based hydropower plants (HPPs) present risks in both wartime and peacetime. Today, the main site of concern in Ukraine is the Dnipro hydropower cascade (whose reservoirs supply two-thirds of the country’s population). A breach of just one of the cascade’s dams could provoke a humanitarian catastrophe, loss of life, and large-scale destruction. In this article, we will analyze military aspects of the risks of hydropower.

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