The Russian invaders on the left bank of the Kherson region, which they still control, did not carry out the evacuation of the population after the explosion of the dam of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station, which occurred on the night of June 6, and created obstacles for volunteers trying to save people.
This was stated at a briefing by First Deputy Chairman of the Kherson Regional Council Yuriy Sobolevsky, the Ukrinform agency reports.
On the left bank there is simply horror … A large number of people found themselves in a situation where they could not leave. They are on the roofs of flooded houses. The occupation authorities completely failed the evacuation, he stressed.
According to Sobolevsky, the invaders were not going to really engage in evacuation. This, in particular, is evidenced by the fact that they began to make the first movements in the corresponding direction only around noon on June 6, and no one canceled the curfew.
He noted that the Russian military was not only not involved in the evacuation processes, they also interfered with the work of volunteers.
The Russian military simply created obstacles for people who tried to help their neighbors,” Sobolevsky stressed.
So, there was information about cases of extortion of money from the Russian military for allowing residents on boats to collect victims from the roofs of houses, Sobolevsky noted.
The situation there is very difficult, and in order to help our people, the only solution now is to involve international organizations so that they put pressure on the Russian Federation, so that international organizations are allowed to work there so that they can help these people, he stressed.
Also, the occupying authorities did not make any moves so that the residents of the affected areas had access to medical care.
And there are big doubts that now there will be some steps to help people who suffered after this terrorist attack, he stressed.
According to Sobolevsky, the population, most likely, can be offered the so-called “evacuation” to Russia. He is sure that the occupying authorities are using this tragedy in order to resettle people on the territory of Russia.
Source: Ukrinform
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