Since the destruction of the Kakhovka dam on Tuesday, the dangers for residents of the Kherson region in southern Ukraine are increasing from all sides. Humanitarian crisis, environmental danger, nuclear risk at the Zaporizhia power plant, fears of a possible cholera epidemic… And now there are risks associated with explosive devices that would be used to destroy infrastructure. Civilians meet “endangered by mines and unexploded devices or abandoned after an explosion” dams, Handicap International warned in a press release on Friday.
“In addition to the ecological disaster that this accident represents, many of the mines and unexploded or abandoned devices that are massively present in the country were displaced by the passage of water.”indicates the organization, noting that these “explosive devices” could drift into houses and penetrate into the heart of towns and villages. “Additional risk to civilians on the move and humanitarian workers who come to their aid”she laments, at a time when evacuation operations are already being shaken by bombardments, especially in Kherson.
“Unprecedented Infection with Explosive Weapons”
“Clearing the area will also become even more of a challenge for deminers with this new disaster.”she also points out: “The proliferation of anti-personnel mines and explosive devices will complicate the work of deminers, as they will become more difficult to detect, defuse and destroy”. The extent of this “pollution” can only be seen when all the water has completely drained from the flooded areas, she adds.
According to the international organization, Ukraine is already experiencing “unprecedented contamination by explosive weapons” since the beginning of the conflict, especially in the east and south of the country, where the collapsed dam is located. The country has indeed become the most mined in the world, according to experts, Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky even went so far as to blame Moscow for this. “mine terrorism”according to Kyiv.
Handicap International condemns the use of this weapon in violation of “International humanitarian law and international human rights law”. “Parties to a conflict must never use prohibited weapons such as landmines or cluster munitions at any time and under any circumstances.”she insists in her press release.
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Evidence has been accumulating in recent days that Kakhovka’s infrastructure was destroyed by the explosion. Norsar, the Norwegian seismic network, released seismic data from the disaster on Friday: it said signals from a regional station in Romania showed an explosion at 2:54 a.m. Tuesday morning, according to The keeper. However, he did not draw a conclusion about the identity of those responsible for this terrorist attack, in which Kyiv and Moscow accuse each other. Ukrainian authorities said the site was mined by Russian troops. These accusations were already made last fall.
More broadly, Handicap International warns of “lasting humanitarian consequences” after the destruction of the dam, including, of course, “thousands of civilians” forced to leave their homes and seek shelter, but also the pollution of water supplies “massive dumping of garbage, agrochemicals and other hazardous materials”stop “Wastewater and sewerage systems” and flooding of agricultural fields.
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