The city of Kryvyi Rih in central Ukraine is under threat of flooding after a Russian attack damaged water infrastructure and caused a river to overflow, the Ukrainian presidency said on Wednesday.
“At the point of impact, we observed a flow of water of 100 m3 per second, which is a large volume. The water level of the Ingoulets [o rio] it changes every hour,” stressed the deputy head of the presidential administration, Kyrylo Tymoshenko.
According to the same source, the center and another neighborhood of this city of 600,000 inhabitants are “at risk of flooding.”
“It is a challenge for all of us, but the situation is under control. All services are involved to eliminate the threat as soon as possible, ”she added, in a message on the Telegram social network.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, a native of Kryvyi Rih, had already announced a Russian attack targeting “hydraulic infrastructure”, causing no casualties.
For Zelensky, the Moscow attack was an “attempt to flood Krivyi Rih”.
“The terrorist state continues to wage war against civilians. (…) The only thing the occupiers can do is spread panic, create an emergency situation, try to leave people without light, heat, water and food” , stressed the Ukrainian. President.
The governor of the region, Valentin Reznitchenko, mentioned, in turn, that seven Russian Kh-22 missiles were fired from a plane, “severely” damaging this infrastructure.
The military offensive launched on February 24 by Russia in Ukraine has already caused the flight of more than 13 million people -more than six million internally displaced persons and more than seven million to neighboring countries-, according to the latest UN data. , which classifies this refugee crisis as the worst in Europe since World War II (1939-1945).
The Russian invasion -justified by Russian President Vladimir Putin, with the need to “denazify” and demilitarize Ukraine for Russia’s security- was condemned by the generality of the international community, which has responded by sending weapons to Ukraine and imposing Russia since political and economic point of view. sanctions
The UN presented as confirmed since the beginning of the war more than 5,800 dead civilians and around 8,400 wounded, emphasizing that these figures are far below the real ones.
Source: TSF
