Russia may be preparing environmental sabotage in Kherson
The journalists report that they have received an intercepted combat order from the Russian military, which may indicate the preparation of a new war crime - the deliberate destruction of sewage treatment plants in Kherson.
Possible consequences
If this plan is implemented, contaminated wastewater will flow into the Dnipro River and then into the Black Sea. This will result in massive fish kills, large-scale deterioration of water quality and destruction of coastal ecosystems.
Environmentalists warn that the consequences could extend far beyond Ukraine, affecting NATO and EU member states Turkey, Romania and Bulgaria.
Context.
Similar scenarios have already been considered by international experts after the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station was blown up in 2023. Any targeted attack on critical water infrastructure is classified as a war crime.
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