35 people, including children, considered missing after Kakhovka Dam destruction
Thirty-five people are considered missing due to the Russian invaders blowing up the Kakhovka HPP; among them are children.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs reported that on Telegram.
As the law enforcement officers reported, 35 people, including seven children, are considered missing in the Kherson region. In addition, at this time, the death of 5 people was confirmed.
The agency emphasizes that 46 settlements were flooded in the Kherson region as of 1:00 p.m. on June 11, including:
- 32 – on the territory controlled by Ukraine,
- 14 – on temporarily occupied territories.
Currently, 2,718 people have already been evacuated, including 190 children.
The law enforcement officers also emphasized that 31 settlements were flooded in the Mykolaiv region. Nine hundred eighty-two people, including 167 children, were evacuated.
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As Rubryka wrote, on the night of June 6, Russian invaders blew up the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station, located a few kilometers from the temporarily occupied city of Nova Kakhovka, Kherson region.
It should be noted that the water level in Kherson has dropped by more than a meter as of June 10.
At the same time, in the Kherson region, the Inhulets River exceeded the permissible level of harmful substances.
Later it became known that swimming in reservoirs, fishing, and consuming fish in the Kherson region became forbidden.
More than 180,000 animals, including 160,000 birds and over 20,000 wild animals, were threatened with extermination due to the destruction of the Kakhovka HPP caused by the Russians.
According to the Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine, Mykola Solskyi, farmers will not be able to fully use 1-1.5 million hectares of agricultural land due to the explosion of the Kakhovka HPP.
It should be noted that in the occupied city of Oleshky, the death of 9 people due to flooding was confirmed.
According to Ukrhydroenergo, the water level in the Dnipro River in Kherson is 4.18 meters. During the day, the indicator decreased by 54 cm.
