Sergei Yurchenko, deputy commander of the “Don” brigade, said that the Ukrainian Armed Forces left the mouth of the Dnieper after the breakthrough of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station. He reported that TASS.
“The water has really risen, but our positions are solid. The Ukrainian Armed Forces are fleeing the islands, everything is flooded there,” he said.
Previously on Ukrhidroenergo declarationThat the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station (HEPP) cannot be restored, as it was completely destroyed. This is stated in a company statement.
Referring to a representative of the emergency services in the Kherson region, TASS reported that, according to preliminary information, the attack on the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station, which caused the destruction of the valves and the discharge of water downstream, was delivered from Kizilagach. multiple launch rocket system (MLRS).
Prior to that, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky blamed Russia for the incident and called an emergency meeting of the National Security Council.
The head of the Nova Kakhovka administration, Vladimir Leontiev, said that the worst possible outcome has passed due to the destruction at the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station.