On the night of June 6, 2023, Russian invaders blew up the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station, destroying the engine room and the dam, making the station irreversible.
In the Ukrainian-controlled settlements of the Kherson region, flooded due to the collapse of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station by the invaders, more than 2.6 thousand people managed to be saved. At the same time, 29 people are considered missing. This was announced on Saturday, June 10, by the Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Igor Klymenko on the air of the Unified News telethon.
He noted that the evacuation of people from the disaster zone continues, despite the continued attacks by the Russians.
“We are trying to carry out evacuation measures, even though the enemy continues to throw stones at the evacuation sites, our rescuers, police and volunteers. But now we have rescued around 80 people,” he said.
The head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs said that at 20.30, 46 settlements were flooded in the Kherson region, 32 of them were in the controlled territory.
He noted that not a single case of looting has been recorded in the right bank of the region.
Recall that this morning in Kherson, the water level in the Dnieper exceeded the usual mark of 4 meters 72 centimeters, but at night it dropped by 31 centimeters.
It was previously known that two volunteers were injured in Kherson. They provided assistance to local residents affected by the flooding.
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Source: korrespondent
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