June 06, 2023

Damage to Russian-held hydroelectric plant floods south Ukraine battlefield

Featuring: Michael Kofman

Source: The Washington Post

Journalists: Samantha Schmidt, Serhii Korolchuk, Isobel Koshiw, Natalia Abbakumova

Michael Kofman, a Russian military analyst at the Washington-based Center for a New American Security, said he did not expect the dam breach to have a big impact on Ukraine’s offensive. The likelihood of a Ukrainian offensive operation across the river south of the dam was quite low, he said.

“The flood washes away Russian defenses there but makes a river crossing now exceedingly more difficult,” Kofman said.

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  • Michael Kofman

    Former Adjunct Senior Fellow, Transatlantic Security Program

    Michael Kofman serves as a Senior Research Scientist at the Center for Naval Analyses' Russia Studies Program, and a Fellow at the Kennan Institute, Woodrow Wilson Internation...