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Floods and Evacuations Resulting from the Kakhovskaya Hydroelectric Power Station Explosion

“Currently, local authorities, together with rescuers and the National Police, are carrying out evacuation measures in flood zones. As of 15:00, about 1,300 people have been evacuated,” the report says.

According to preliminary information, 13 settlements on the right bank of the Dnieper River and more than 260 houses are currently flooded.

It is noted that psychologists of the Rescue Service work at the points of assistance to the population. A reserve of forces and means of the State Emergency Service has also been created to eliminate the consequences of an emergency.

How informed Head of the Kherson MVA Roman Mrochko, as of 15:00 in the Ship district of the city, the water rose by 2.5 meters. The Korabel microdistrict, the thing port, the territories of Antonovsky and Sadovsky elders were flooded.

Mrochko urged residents of these areas to evacuate as the water would arrive before 5:00 am on June 7.

Updated 16:05

As of 15:00 as a result of the explosion of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station 24 de-occupied settlements floodedwhere more than 20 thousand people live. Currently, 1,300 residents have already been evacuated.

At the same time, 20 settlements, approximately 25,000 people, are subject to evacuation in the uncontrolled territory of the left bank. The Russian occupation authorities do not ensure the evacuation of people.

According to Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine1339 residents have already been evacuated, including:

  • microdistrict Korabel, Kherson – 1199;
  • Dnipro district, Kherson – 16;
  • With. Tyaginka – 32;
  • Burgunka village – 8;
  • With. Nikolskoye – 9;
  • town Cossack – 4;
  • With. Garden – 67;
  • With. Understanding – 4.

Undermining the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station

On the night of June 6, Russian invaders blew up the dam of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station. The station was completely destroyed, it cannot be restored.

Ukrainian intelligence said that the Russians remotely blew up the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station. President Volodymyr Zelensky is sure that the Russians mined and blew up the dam.

Due to the explosion of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station, 16,000 people ended up in a critical zone on the right bank of the Dnieper. An evacuation is underway.

In addition, the danger of explosive objects has increased in the Kherson region, because enemy minefields are under water, they can be carried away by the current.

What threatens the destruction of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station – read in the material RBC-Ukraine.

2023-06-06 12:56:38


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