Moscow has not commented on the alleged phone call.Įarlier Sky News spoke to Andrew Duncan, a weapon contamination coordinator for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), about the dangers of landmines swept away in flood water in Kherson. The other man on the line seems surprised at the soldier's assertion that Russian forces had destroyed the dam - as they've been occupying it since the start of the invasion.Īlongside the audio, the SBU commented: 'The interception by the SBU confirms that the Kakhovskaya HPP (Hydroelectric Power Plant) was blown up by a sabotage group of the occupiers.” The soldier also says 'thousands' of animals had been killed at a 'safari park' downstream as a result. 'It didn't go according to plan, and more than what they planned for.'

'They wanted to, like, scare with that dam. That was our sabotage group,' the soldier says. The minute-and-a-half extract posted on Telegram by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) appears to be between a Russian soldier and another man. We've got more details of the phone call the Ukrainians say proves Russia was behind the attack on the Kakhovka dam (see 9am post).

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