May have come from the German army during World War II, Ukraine dam scattered skull reservoirs | Dnieper River | Ukraine
The Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant dam controlled by Russia was damaged, and after the reservoir water level dropped, some scattered skulls were exposed at the bottom of the dam. Experts suggest that this may include the remains of the Battle of Dnieper during World War II.
The water level of the dam has significantly decreased
A skull was found to be possibly wearing a German helmet
Historians say that some human remains may be those who died in the great war that took place in this region 80 years ago - the Battle of the Dnieper River. "In theory, these exposed helmets and skeletons may be related to those events," said Andrei Solonets, a historian at the National Museum of World War II History in Ukraine
The Battle of Dnieper was one of the largest military operations during World War II. The total strength of the warring parties is nearly 4 million, and the total length of the front line is 1400 kilometers. Through this war, the Soviet Union recaptured Kiev, regained control of the left bank of the Dnieper River controlled by the German army, and created favorable conditions for the military goal of reclaiming the right bank and ultimately expelling the German army from the Soviet Union.
Oleksy Kokot, a German military relics expert in Ukraine, said that "the dead German soldiers were left in the fields... so these could indeed be German soldiers.". Many bodies of German soldiers were left in swamps and later flooded with the construction of the Kahovka hydroelectric reservoir in 1956.
Red Star News reporter Deng Shuyi