In addition to the recent breaching of the kakhovka dam, there have been a number of attacks on dams and power plants in ukraine following russia's invasion in february 2022. Narrated by late dambuster george johnny johnson, attack on sorpe dam features mr johnson's experience in the raids, which mark their 80th anniversary on 16 and 17 may. Iranian hackers penetrated the computers controlling a dam near new york, reveals the wall street journal The 2013 attack did no damage but revealed information about how computers running the. The kremlin has blamed the attack on the dam in nova kakhovka on ukraine, saying it was a deliberate act of sabotage by kyiv Ukraine has accused russia of blowing up the dam, in the moscow.
The mohne dam was the most tactically significant target and the attack on that dam was led by wing commander guy gibson The sorpe and the eder were the other main targets. Ukraine has branded the attack on the dam ecocide and said that 150 tonnes of engine oil has spilled into the dnipro river. A plan to attack the dams had been raised earlier in the war, but, given that the flight route was heavily defended and no plane at the time could carry a bomb large enough to destroy them, the. Ukraine's state hydropower company said a russian strike had hit its largest dam, the dniprohes in zaporizhzhia The bbc has verified this footage of the incident, which was posted on social media.
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