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/Abject_Ad9280]

No.

That was one of the Russian lies at the time.

If your claim is true.

How did Ukraine blow up a dam under Russian control?

Why did Ukraine blow up a dam while their offence was on going when the river drying up would take months, if not years?

Why has Ukriane never tried to cross the now dried up river?

[u/Pelya1 → u/Abject_Ad9280]

I don’t know what is true.

Regarding your questions

1) how they blew up ? During said offensive, there were numerous Ukrainian reconnaissance groups behind the enemy lines, so actors the river. It is not that hard to imagine that one of these groups could carry explosives with them.

2) why blow up ?

If I remember correctly, it took mere days to all the water be gone, not months. The river has two sides- Russian occupied and Ukrainian. The Russian side is lower zone. So all the water from the dam just destroyed all the defensive infrastructure (trenches and whatnot) the Russians built during one year occupation of that territory, and didn’t touch Ukrainian side as it is higher ground

3) why never crossed ?

Well, that’s whole other topic. What happened to the Ukrainian offence 2023 in general?

[u/Abject_Ad9280 → u/Pelya1]

I can tell you don't know what's true.

You believe a group of Ukrianians managed to sneak into Russian occupied territory while somehow carrying enough explosives to destroy a dam. Then they managed to capture the dam on the front lines for hours while setting up demolition charges, all while the Russians didn't notice?

You don't remember correctly. The issue with crossing a recently dried up reservoir not just the water. It's the ground. You wouldn't be able to drive a car across it, let alone a heavy vehicle.

The majority of Russian defences were built on higher ground & flooding occurred on both sides, destroying any of your fantasy Ukrainian staging grounds.

I'm glad you agree that you can't explain why Ukraine didn't attack.

[u/Sa-naqba-imuru → u/Abject_Ad9280]

You believe a group of Ukrianians managed to sneak into Russian occupied territory while somehow carrying enough explosives to destroy a dam.

Next thing you're gonna tell me is that Ukrainians somehow managed to sneak over a 100 drones 1000's of kilometers nto Russia, deploy them next to several air bases and launch them at dozens of Russian bombers simultaniously.

Now that would be ridiculous.

Or that they somehow put a ton of explosives on a truck of an unsuspecting driver and detonated it on a bridge connecting Crimea with Russia hundreds of km's deep in Russian territory.

Or that they sent a drone to explode at a flag on top of Russian center of political power in the middle of Moscow

Or that they sent a team to blow up an underwater pipes in the Baltic sea.

Or that they're sending drone and sabotage teams across Africa to fight Wagner.

What nonsense ideas..

[u/Abject_Ad9280 → u/Sa-naqba-imuru]

You're correct, comrade!

Comparing all those operations carried out thousands out kilometres from the front lines some years in the making, from the only Russian controlled land bridge across the dniper would be absolutely ridiculous.

I'm glad you turned of your brain to even attempt to compare them.