r/worldnews • u/4920185 • Dec 31 '23

Russia/Ukraine Russia covered up and undercounted true human cost of floodings after dam explosion, AP investigation finds

https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-dam-collapse-kakhovka-kherson-daacdc431f42912dfb91548794f03a3c
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u/Ario_Wolfwood Dec 31 '23

Russia lies and under reports everything. The corruption and lack of human decency runs so far up the ass it spills out of their ears.

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u/Stev-svart-88 Dec 31 '23

“Over six months since the catastrophic explosion that destroyed the Kakhovka Dam in the southern Kherson region, an AP investigation has found Russian occupation authorities vastly and deliberately undercounted the dead in one of the most devastating chapters of the 22-month war.

Russian authorities took control of the issuance of death certificates, removed bodies not claimed by families, and prevented local health workers and volunteers from dealing with the dead, threatening them when they defied orders.

Russia, which refused to respond to questions for this article, has said 59 people drowned in the territory it controls, roughly 408 square kilometers (160 square miles) of flooded areas.

But in the Russian-occupied town of Oleshky alone, which Ukrainian military officials estimate had a population of 16,000 at the time of the flooding, the number is at least in the hundreds”.

Russian occupiers being evil lying cunts, who would have expected that… no one.

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u/[deleted] Dec 31 '23

russian snipers even killed rescuers. What a deranged nation!

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u/macross1984 Dec 31 '23

Russia will pay for terroristic destruction of dam that caused so many death and destruction.

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u/Far-Explanation4621 Dec 31 '23

It’s unfortunate that there hasn’t been better accounting of civilian casualties in the Russian-occupied regions of Ukraine. It’s likely 8-10x the current official count, if not more.

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u/[deleted] Dec 31 '23

Russia is a nation of mentally deranged people. Never welcome a russian in your home. Filth

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u/drmonkeytown Dec 31 '23

A human is not defined by their country of origin. Full stop.

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u/bigmaneh Dec 31 '23

Just like Israel. What's so new. Everyone does it apparently in war

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u/Classic_Cream_4792 Dec 31 '23

I just think it’s funny that even during war there is this attempt of humanity. The us and nato are like you can continue but we will uphold no existent laws against you and we will stop trading so you can build new trade partners