at least seven people missing in Novaya Kakhovka as a result of uncontrolled discharge of water from the Kakhovka reservoir. demolition hydroelectric structures. On Wednesday, June 7, he said: TASS The head of the city administration is Vladimir Leontiev.
Water level in Nova Kakhovka rose It reaches up to 12 m and below the hydroelectric power station 11 m. According to Leontiev, the water in the Dnieper will fall to its normal level in 72 hours. The mayor believes that the worst possible outcome to be connected with the demolition has passed.
He added that the village of Korsunka on the left bank of the Dnieper was completely submerged, while the Dnieper, Krynki and Cossack Camps were submerged up to the roof.
According to Leontiev, the destruction of the hydroelectric power station will cause problems in water supply to Crimea.
A state of emergency was declared in the Kherson region, about 2.7 thousand houses in the region were flooded. Those living on the banks of the Dnieper are being evacuated.
Currently, there are 14 settlements in the flood zone, a total of about 80 may be flooded. In Genichesk and Skadovsk, temporary shelters were created for those evacuated from the flood zones of the Kherson region.
About 40 towns and villages in the Ukrainian-controlled region were flooded.
According to Tatyana Kuzmich, deputy governor of the Kherson region, more than 1.2 thousand residents of coastal settlements were evacuated from the flooded areas. 38 people were removed from the roofs of the houses as they escaped the flood, but some residents still remained on the roofs.
“There are 350 people in temporary shelter centers, but the situation changes every half hour. The total figure, according to the Ministry of Emergencies: 1,274 people were evacuated, including 32 people with reduced mobility.
Demolition at Kakhovskaya HEPP
Tuesday night, June 6, It was destroyed Gate valves at Kakhovskaya HEPP. As a result, the water from the reservoir began to drain uncontrollably. The power plant was flooded. Of the 28 openings of the hydroelectric power station, 14 have collapsed, the collapse continues, the water flows down the Dnieper. Some residents of Nova Kakhovka needed help soon after the emergency and were hospitalized.
Three operational groups of rescuers of the Ministry of Emergencies of Russia were sent to Novaya Kakhovka, Holaya Pristan and Alyoshka. Farmlands along the Dnieper were flooded.
Investigators evaluate all clues what happened at the hydroelectric power station, because the situation analysis is difficult due to the collapse. Earlier, the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation opened a criminal case against the fact of the collapse of the dam of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station and the fact that the regions were flooded.
And other consequences of the emergency
The mayor of Kiev, Vitali Klitschko, said that the demolition of the hydroelectric power station will not affect the water supply of the Ukrainian capital. In contrast, Deputy Governor of the Zaporizhia Region Evgeny Balitsky reported a 2.5 m drop in water level in the Dnieper near the Zaporozhye NPP, with a drop of up to 7 m expected.
IAEA experts are monitoring the situation at Kakhovskaya HEPP. According to them, there is no direct risk to the nuclear safety of the Zaporozhye NPP.
IAEA chief Rafael Grossi announced that the water level in the reservoir used to cool the ZNPP has dropped. At the same time, Renat Karchaa, adviser to the managing director of the Rosenergoatom concern, noted that the risks for the nuclear power plant are minimal.
They said that in Zaporozhye, Berdyansk already felt the problem of water scarcity. There were also malfunctions in the water supply system at Krivoy Rog.
The UN expressed its concerns about the consequences of the destruction of the hydroelectric power station for Crimea.
According to President Sergei Aksenov, there is no threat of flooding on the peninsula, there is a risk of shallowing of the North Crimean Canal, but there are sufficient water reserves in the region. Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov said that there are improvements in the water supply of Crimea without the North Crimean Canal.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky convened the National Security and Defense Council extraordinary the previous day and ordered the evacuation of those living on the right bank of the Kherson region.
The Ministry of Agricultural Policy of Ukraine said that the destruction of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station could lead to the conversion of fields in the south of the country into desert by 2024.
A breakthrough and an uncontrolled discharge of water will not be able to critically affect the line of defense of the Russian forces in the Kherson region, although part of the fortifications “need to be moved”, said Colonel Vitaly, a military expert from the LPR. Kiselev.