Water receding in Kherson Oblast as evacuation from east bank falters – governor
Overnight, the water level dropped another 26 centimeters.
"Thirty-two liberated settlements remain flooded," Prokudin said.
“There are 3,784 flooded houses, the water is gradually receding. In the morning its level was 4 meters 19 centimeters. Overnight, it dropped by 26 centimeters. On the right (west) bank, 2,716 people have been evacuated.”
However, on the occupied east bank of Kherson Oblast, there is no such good news.
"The rate of water recession has decreased," added the governor.
“The evacuation has failed. The occupiers are taking away people's boats and swimming around the flooded houses themselves, looting the surviving property. Russian tactics of terror and plunder have once again manifested themselves.”
The official said that the region continues to receive aid. Many oblasts have opened special humanitarian headquarters to bring aid to Kherson. According to Prokudin, international organizations, charitable foundations and volunteers from all over Ukraine are helping to eliminate the consequences of the Russian-created flooding disaster.
"Specialists are monitoring the water condition in city networks and in settlements where there is no centralized water supply," the governor said.
“We have organized the delivery of bottled water. Hospitals are provided with the necessary medicines. Medicines are also delivered in humanitarian convoys. The public health situation in the region remains stable with no outbreaks of infectious diseases reported at this time.”
On June 10, Kherson city authorities announced that the water level in the flooded areas of Kherson had dropped by more than one meter, but residents of the Ostriv neighborhood were nevertheless urged to evacuate.
Nova Kakhovka dam breach – what is known
During the night of June 6, Russian forces, which have occupied the town of Nova Kakhovka for over a year, blew up the dam, completely or partially flooding downstream cities and towns along the Dnipro River, including the regional capital of Kherson, Ukrainian authorities say.
The evacuation of citizens in the affected areas on the west bank of the Dnipro River has been ongoing throughout the night. Meanwhile, a humanitarian disaster is underway on the east bank, which is under Russian occupation and suffered a great deal more due to its lower elevation.
Read also: Military expert explains Russia’s decision to destroy Kakhovka dam, details preparations
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has ordered the evacuation of at-risk areas and the provision of drinking water to towns and villages served by the affected Kakhovka Reservoir.
The Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant is completely destroyed, with no possibility of its repair, Ukrainian state hydroelectric company Ukrhydroenergo said. Not all of the dam was destroyed, but it suffered significant damage, the Ukrainian military’s South Operational Command said.
The Ukrainian Prosecutor General's Office has opened an investigation on the incident under the charge of ecocide.
President Zelenskyy called Russia's attack on the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant the largest man-made environmental disaster in Europe in decades.
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