Volodymyr Saldo, Acting Governor of Kherson District declaration On the TV channel “Russia-24”, which has drawn up a decree on the provision of financial support to those affected by the destruction of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station.
Saldo said, “We will definitely provide financial support to everyone whose material values, housing, crops and work are damaged.”
On the night of June 6, the upper part of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station was destroyed in the Kherson region, near Novaya Kakhovka. Dozens of settlements began to flood, including Kherson and New Kakhovka. Russia and Ukraine accuse each other of breaking the dam. The Ukrhidroenergo company stated that the station was completely destroyed and cannot be restored.
Mayor of Nova Kakhovka Vladimir Leontiev reported that the maximum water level reaches 12 meters after the breakthrough of the hydroelectric power station.
before on social media seen Video of an old residential building floating along the Dnieper – just a roof and two pipes rising above the water surface.