‘What was done’ after Moscow’s letter, Russia asks UN chief after Kakhovka dam blast

By Burc Eruygur

ISTANBUL (AA) – In a letter in October, Moscow warned the UN chief about “Ukrainian plans” to destroy the Kakhovka dam, the Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said on Tuesday after its destruction in a blast.

“On October 21, 2022, Russia’s Permanent Representative to the UN Vasily Nebenzia sent a letter to the UN Secretary-General about the plans of the Kyiv regime to destroy the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station. Question to the UN Secretary-General: what was done?” Maria Zakharova said on Telegram.

A copy of the letter shared by Zakharova claimed that Ukrainian forces were planning to destroy the dam either by launching sea mines downstream the Dnieper River or through a missile strike.

It further said that Russia also registered airstrikes targeting the locks of the power station to raise the river level.

The letter also urged Guterres to do “everything in his power” to prevent such an event from happening, saying that a large-scale evacuation in the right bank of the Dnieper River was taking place “to avoid such a threat to civilians.”

Explosions at the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant in southern Ukraine's Kherson region unleashed floodwaters on Tuesday, with both Moscow and Kyiv accusing each other of destroying the dam.