You wrote that Russia is to blame for the explosion, or it happened by itself. But in the articles you sent there is not a single piece of evidence of Russia's guilt
On the other hand, this is absolutely unprofitable for Russia, since the water flooded most of the territory under its control.
I wouldn't call it "absolutely unprofitable", flooding the area is a way to stop any potential advances - as an example we have Soviet Union blowing up the dam near Zaporizhzhia (that's upstream from this one) in 1941 as German troops approached the city, which did cut off access to the left bank for a time, but similarly demolished a number of settlements on the river banks.
The following video circulated in Russian telegram channels at the time showing an explosion as a section of a dam is already collapsed,
but frame by frame inspection did not reveal any signs of a projectile (despite the video being 30fps and sufficiently high quality for a bird to be visible). We can say with relative confidence that if Ukraine destroyed the dam, Russia would be circulating complete footage of a strike instead of spreading conflicting theories.
You wrote that Russia is to blame for the explosion, or it happened by itself. But in the articles you sent there is not a single piece of evidence of Russia's guilt
On the other hand, this is absolutely unprofitable for Russia, since the water flooded most of the territory under its control.
I wouldn't call it "absolutely unprofitable", flooding the area is a way to stop any potential advances - as an example we have Soviet Union blowing up the dam near Zaporizhzhia (that's upstream from this one) in 1941 as German troops approached the city, which did cut off access to the left bank for a time, but similarly demolished a number of settlements on the river banks.
The following video circulated in Russian telegram channels at the time showing an explosion as a section of a dam is already collapsed,
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/951505632597528646/1116074443043778560/IMG_2289_1.mp4
but frame by frame inspection did not reveal any signs of a projectile (despite the video being 30fps and sufficiently high quality for a bird to be visible). We can say with relative confidence that if Ukraine destroyed the dam, Russia would be circulating complete footage of a strike instead of spreading conflicting theories.