Who and what may suffer most from Kakhovka dam destruction - expert interview

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2. Thank you, Hortensis. I thought the interview was very interesting and informative.

I was reading a thread on Twitter by a woman who is a major player in Ukraine's agricultural industry. She posted pictures of one of her farms with great details. The Russians were finally pushed back and she was able to return having urgently evacuated to evade capture, death and God knows what else to find almost complete destruction.

What they didn't steal, they dismantled and destroyed. They left one generator completely dismantled and non functional. She had had several. They even dismantled the plumbing. They took all of the farm equipment except one machine that they had also deconstructed.

Windows were broken. Planted fields were destroyed, the crops left demolished by indiscriminate digging. Harvested crops in storage were stolen or destroyed. She went building by building, rooms, basements, out buildings, barns, equipment shelters. It was devastating to see.

I can't imagine the heartbreak of seeing your life's work so utterly eradicated. This represented just one of her farms and as expected she is righteously angry.

But amazingly, she's also determined to rebuild. I am utterly floored by the resilience of all of the Ukrainian people I've read about. She is exceptional in this regard.