Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in the Kherson region on Thursday where he will visit the areas most affected by flooding after the destruction of the Nova Khakovka dam.
The Ukrainian authorities speak of at least three deaths, a number that contrasts with the Russian forces, which control the region. Russian state media say the floods have so far caused seven deaths.
Ukrainian rescue services managed to evacuate about 2,000 people from the worst-affected areas. The destruction of the dam submerged about 600 square kilometers, according to the Kherson military administration.
kyiv accuses Russia of intentionally blowing up the dam that supplied drinking water to Crimea, annexed by Moscow in 2014, and the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant.
The Ukrainian president denounced, in a statement to the nation, that Russia continues to bombard the part of the Kherson province under the control of the Kiev government, while rescue teams try to save the victims of a dam overflowing.
“Evacuation continues. Under fire! Severe flooding.
Zelensky also stated that the situation in the occupied part of the Kherson province is “absolutely catastrophic”. According to the President, “the occupiers simply abandoned the people in these terrible conditions.”
According to the Ukrainian president, the authorities imposed by Russia in the region have abandoned the population to their fate, “without water” and “on the roofs of flooded villages.”
“And this is another deliberate crime of Russia: after the terrorist state has caused the disaster, it also maximizes the damage caused,” he said.
Source: TSF
