Igor Kolomoisky/Threat
| Date | 2014/08/28 12:00:00 AM - Present |
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| Description | Igor Kolomoisky threatens to blow up the Dnieper hydroelectric dam if the Russian separatist forces take Zaporizhzhia |
Further information
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According to DNR News, Igor Kolomoisky, the Ukrainian oligarch who controls much of the South East of Ukraine with his privately-financed Azov Battalion thugs, has threatened to blow up the Dneprostroi Dam if Novorossian armed forces (NAF) enter Zaporizhzhia on the Eastern bank of the Dnieper river:
...A source in the Zaporizhzhia city administration said that, soon after annnouncing "Plan B" to defend Mariupol and Odessa from the NAF, Kolomoisky's right-hand-man, Boris Filatov, ordered officials to prepare for the worst including the destruction of the DniproHES dam.
A retired Colonel Viktor Litovkin said that to carry out such a threat would be suicide. The broken dam would flood much of SE Ukraine and part of Russia.[1][2]
External links
- Dnieper Hydroelectric Station - Wikipedia page
- Picture of the dam and hydro-electric station - Google maps
- Map of dam location
References
- ↑ "Kolomoisky can blow up the Dam if the militia takes Zaporizhzhia" - Yandex machine translation from NDR 29 August 2014
- ↑ "Original Russian article"