Russia: destroyed Ukrainian dam: death toll rises

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42 people are still missing, the head of Kherson’s military administration, Olexander Prokudin, said on Telegram. On Monday, the Ukrainian authorities had spoken of 6 fatalities.

The death toll has also risen from 8 to 17 on the southern bank of the Dnipro River, which is controlled by Moscow, according to the Russian occupiers. Since the occupied territories have been particularly hard hit by the floods, it is feared that there will actually be significantly more victims. In particular, information from the Russian side is often not independently verifiable.

According to official information, 2,757 people, including 263 children, have been brought to safety by Ukrainian rescue operations. In 133 cases, Ukrainian helpers succeeded in rescuing residents on the occupied side of the river. Prokudin accused the Russian occupiers of not doing enough to save civilians in flood-occupied areas.

Last Tuesday the big dam in the city of Nowa Kachowka was destroyed. Huge bodies of water then poured out of the adjacent reservoir and flooded numerous places, including the regional capital of Kherson. Ukraine, which has been defending itself against a Russian offensive war for more than 15 months, accuses Russia of blowing up the structure. Moscow denies that.

The situation is catastrophic in many places. At the same time, the water level began to drop slightly. For example, in the city of Kherson, according to official information, it was still 2.9 meters on Tuesday morning. Around the same time the day before it had been 12 feet.

(SDA)

Source: Blick