The mayor of Nova Kakhovka, Vladimir Leontyev, told reporters that after the opening of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station, the maximum water level reached 12 m. telegraph channel Administration of the Novokakhovsk city district.
“The maximum water rise is 12 meters. There is no electricity and water in the settlements, the residents left by themselves,” he said.
According to Leontiev, the water should go down in a few days.
In addition, the head of the administration noted that as a result of the incident, the turbine hall, which Leontiev stressed was Ukraine’s “target” for a year, was damaged. He noted that only Russian soldiers were present at the station during the attack on the facility.
Vladimir Leontiev noted that the most terrible outcome was connected with the destruction at the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station. passed. He described the destruction at the hydroelectric power station as “a disaster created by the Ukrainian authorities and those who manage them”.
They have not yet commented on what happened in Kiev. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called an emergency meeting of the National Security Council.