Almost 1,900 people were evacuated from Kherson and region, 30 settlements were flooded, - Ministry of Internal Affairs
As of the evening of June 7, 1,894 people were evacuated from Kherson and the region.
This was announced by the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Ihor Klymenko, Censor.NET reports with reference to Interfax-Ukraine.
"Currently, 1,894 people have been evacuated from Kherson and the Kherson region by the forces of volunteers, employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and special services, evacuation operations continue. Currently, 30 settlements remain flooded, 20 of them are in the controlled territory, 10 - in the temporarily occupied territory," he noted. minister.
Klymenko said that "on the left bank of the Dnieper, the occupiers do not evacuate people at all. They left them to fend for themselves. We have now turned to international organizations and are developing a plan to do everything possible so that our citizens can save their lives and health."
The minister reported that 166 citizens were evacuated from the Bashtan district of the Mykolaiv region, where 12 settlements were flooded.
"We are constantly monitoring the situation in the Dnipropetrovsk and Mykolaiv regions," he added.
As Censor.NET reported, on the morning of 6 June, it became known that the Russian occupiers had blown up the Kakhovka HPP. The explosion completely destroyed the engine room, and the station is beyond repair.
Evacuations have begun in the region. As many as 80 settlements could be flooded. A total of 16,000 people are in the critical zone on the right bank of the Dnipro.
The explosion of the Kakhovka HPP threatens the temporarily occupied Zaporizhzhia NPP, but the situation is now under control. The explosion could also cause an imbalance in Ukraine's energy system. Fields in southern Ukraine could turn into deserts.
The explosion released 150 tonnes of oil into the Dnipro River. A hydroelectric power station in Nova Kakhovka was flooded by the explosion, killing almost all the animals.
President Volodymyr Zelensky held an emergency meeting of the National Security and Defence Council, which ordered evacuations from the risk areas.
According to Ukrainian intelligence, no one but Russia had the technical capability to blow up the hydroelectric power station. The Ministry of Defence reminds us that the Russians had been carefully preparing for the attack. According to US media reports, US intelligence has data confirming Russia's guilt in the explosion.
The Kremlin claims that the Russians were not involved in the explosion of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station and puts the blame on the Ukrainians.
