Acting Minister of Labor and Social Protection of the region, Alla Barkhatnova, announced that 15,000 households were flooded due to the emergency at the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant, according to the TV channel.Tavria“.
“People were really going up on the roofs of the houses at night, and the Ministry of Emergency Situations had to evacuate citizens all night. “About 15,000 households were flooded,” Barkhatnova said.
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. Some settlements were completely submerged. According to Vladimir Saldo, as many as 40,000 people remained in the disaster area.
Volodymyr Saldo, Former Acting Governor of Kherson District reportedIt was reported that 35 settlements in three districts of the region were flooded as a result of the collapse of the dam of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station.