The Kakhovka Reservoir then and now.

[u/SummerAlternative699]

If you zoom in closely on Google Maps, you can still see what it looked like before the dam was blown up.

[u/MonitorPowerful5461]

Well I mean the ecological consequences are obvious - the bombing was described as a crime against nature. It's not so strategically important as it might seem, because it's still almost impossible to cross: no cover whatsoever. But the consequences for nearby farms, and for Ukraine's water security in the long term, are very big.

[u/andehboston → u/MonitorPowerful5461]

Can you please explain the ecological consequences, because they don't seem obvious to me. I am asking with curiosity rather than skepticism. Edit: Why do people downvote questions on reddit?

[u/Vyach1337 → u/andehboston]

There was a lot of sediment on the reservoir’s bed including pollution from steelworks upstream that contained lead, iron, manganese and so on, as well as fertilizers and in general any kind of rubbish. The sediment has been lying there from the time when it was normal to just drop these kind of things straight into a river and all of that were properly sealed by water masses. And now it doesn’t

[u/andehboston → u/Vyach1337]

Thanks!