Russian occupiers are trying to restore crossing near Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant – satellite images
ALONA MAZURENKO — MONDAY, 19 SEPTEMBER 2022, 14:52
Russian occupiers are trying to restore the crossing over the damaged bridge in the area of the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant (HPP) in the occupied part of Kherson Oblast.
Source: Skhemy [an investigative reporting branch of Radio Svoboda/Radio Liberty]
Quote: "Planet Labs satellite images show attempts by the Russian occupiers to cross a bridge in the area of the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant damaged by missile strikes launched by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
This is in the temporarily occupied part of Kherson Oblast."
Супутникові знімки Planet Labs, що є в розпорядженні «Схем», демонструють спроби російських окупантів відбувати переправу через пошкоджений ракетними ударами ЗСУ міст в районі Каховської гідроелектростанції. Це тимчасова окупована територія Херсонській області. pic.twitter.com/ttmGC42IkK
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Details: In particular, an embankment and previously flooded railway cars under the damaged part of the bridge can be seen in pictures taken on 18 September. The report by the General Staff said that the occupiers had flooded the railway cars in order to rebuild the crossing near this hydroelectric power plant.
A satellite photo from 16 September shows the place where the railway cars were flooded. It was there that the embankment later appeared.
Planet Labs also recorded nearby small crossings to the other side of the Kakhovka HPP. They were not yet seen in the pictures from 2 September.
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