Russian hydropower company RusHydro estimates that water in the Dnieper River will return to normal on Friday, at least in the lower part of Kakhovka, where the dam that collapsed on Tuesday was located.
Nearly 9,000 people were left homeless in southern Ukraine as a result of the dam burst.
“According to RusHydro’s preliminary calculations, the Dnieper will enter its usual course below the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station on June 16,” Russia-appointed interim governor in the Kerhson region, Vladimir Saldo, said.
The same source explained that the water began to fall on the lower banks of the river occupied by Russian troops, that is, on the left bank of the Dnieper, so that in Oleshki and Hola Pristan, two of the most flooded locations, the level dropped from one to two meters to three to four meters.
In Nova Kakhovka, the water dropped between three and seven meters, the governor stressed.
Balance indicated that more than 6,000 people have been evacuated so far from Russian-occupied towns Nova Kakhovka, Oleskhi and Hola Pristan, including 235 children and 81 people with reduced mobility.
On the right bank of the river, controlled by Ukraine, 2,528 civilians have been evacuated, according to the latest figure.
Saldo assured that in order to eliminate the consequences of the floods, 795 people will participate, but said that the work is hampered “by the continuous bombing of the Ukrainian armed forces”.
Russia also confirmed today that Ukrainian forces have launched a third consecutive night offensive in the Zaporijia region of southwestern Ukraine.
The information was released by the pro-Russian chairman of the “Together with Russia” movement in the province, Vladimir Rogov.
“The Zaporijia front had a difficult but very productive night today. Our guys did a great job,” he wrote on the Telegram channel, assuring that “for the third day” the Ukrainians “carried out active operations of an offensive nature, at dawn”. .
According to the same source, after a “vigorous” offensive with artillery and multiple rocket launchers from Grad, Ukrainian troops launched flares and “powerful illuminators” into the air to reveal the positions of Russian troops.
Then they launched tanks and soldiers to attack from different directions, he said.
Source: DN
