THE gruesome remains of soldiers from World War Two complete with Nazi helmets have been unearthed in the Ukrainian reservoir emptied by a devastating dam blast last week.
Haunting footage shows decayed skulls eerily jutting out of the sodden ground in wake of the explosion that caused apocalyptic floods and sparked fears of a nuclear catastrophe.
Some 4.8 billion gallons of water hurtled toward the city of Kherson after the Kakhovskaya dam was reportedly blown up by Russian occupiers.
Entire villages were flooded as the water drained from the reservoir and gushed towards terrified civilians.
The deluge quickly burst the banks of the Dnipro River, leaving hundreds of thousands without access to drinking water.
But as the reservoir waters empty, Ukrainians are now wading through the remains of WWII troops that have been unearthed.
Ghoulish footage shared online shows skulls sticking out of the waterlogged ground.
At least three are visible in the 32-second clip documenting the destruction caused by the dam disaster last Tuesday.
One rotting skull exposed on the muddy banks appears to be sporting the distinctive helmet worn by the Nazis during their campaign of terror.
The remains ominously stare up at passers-by, providing a sobering history lesson as the invasion of Ukraine rages on.
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Another skull seemed to have underwater fauna growing on it.
Some have suggested the remains are from when Stalin blew up the Zaporizhzhia dam to slow down Nazi forces who were marching towards the eastern town.
This theory would back up why one of the skulls appears to be wearing a Nazi soldier’s helmet.
Oleksiy Dotsenko survived the horror incident in the second World War, and told Ukrainian television about the day the waters broke loose.
He said: “People were screaming for help. Cows were mooing, pigs were squealing. People were climbing on trees.”
But this most recent gruesome discovery of Nazi remains in the reservoir is only the beginning of the horrors to come from Russia’s sabotage of the dam.
Thousands of fish have died as water levels rapidly receded, devastating local fishermen.
Ukrainian authorities supported by volunteers are using trains and buses to take thousands of refugees to Odessa and Mykolaiv.
Shocking video showed Russian troops shelling fleeing Ukrainians as they tried to navigate the flood waters.
Floating mines are also an ongoing concern as they washed down the river – potentially exploding as they are hidden beneath murky mud-churned waters.
A Russian missile was discovered underwater by mine hunters in the aftermath of the floods.
“They can be washed into villages and cities – they can be anywhere and injure civilians,” the rescuer told The Sun Online.
With the fear, however, there is also growing anger against Russia and Vladimir Putin.
He went on: “People are angry and they feel: ‘Haven’t the Russians done enough?’.
“But now they have taken it to another level and there is no logic in this anymore.
“They don’t understand, they are very angry, and they don’t know what else the Russians are capable of.”
Entire towns downstream from the dam remain underwater, and the death toll remains unknown at this time.
