Ukrainian Intelligence Says Russia Withdrew Its Troops From Kakhovka Before The Dam Explosion

June 20 () –

The head of the General Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine, Kirilo Budanov, assured this Tuesday that the Russian military authorities ordered the withdrawal of their troops deployed in the vicinity of the New Kajovka dam before its explosion.

“Half an hour before, the unit that was at the Kajovka hydroelectric power station received a radio message to group up and leave the area. At the same time, a special purpose group arrived. After that, what happened happened,” he said. saying.

Likewise, Budanov has asserted that “all the units of the Russian occupation forces that were near (the dam) did not really know that this action was going to take place.” “The event took them by surprise, like everyone else,” he added.

“This is a completely conscious action. There can be no double interpretation,” Budanov said, thus defending kyiv’s theory that the attack was perpetrated by Russia, which, however, has denied such accusations.