At the very least seven persons are lacking after waters from the destroyed Nova Kakhovka dam flooded close by areas, Russia’s TASS information company cited the Moscow-installed mayor of town of Nova Kakhovka as saying on Wednesday.
The Moscow-controlled Nova Kakhvovka dam on the Dnipro River was destroyed on Tuesday, flooding a swathe of the frontline within the Kherson area, forcing villagers to flee. Ukraine and Russia have blamed one another for the dam collapse.
About 42,000 individuals have been in danger from flooding in Russian and Ukrainian managed areas alongside the Dnipro River, stated Ukrainian officers, because the United Nations assist chief warned of “grave and far-reaching penalties.”
“Of seven individuals we all know for certain (are lacking),” TASS cited Nova Kakhvovka mayor Vladimir Leontiev as saying. Greater than 900 individuals have been evacuated on Tuesday from the Russian-controlled metropolis of some 45,000 individuals, which sits on the left financial institution of the Dnipro River.
Ukrainian officers stated that some 80 communities within the total Kherson area are vulnerable to being flooded.
The governor of Ukraine’s Kherson area, Oleksandr Prokudin, stated on Wednesday that 1,582 homes have been flooded on the suitable financial institution of the Dnipro River and a few 1,457 individuals have been evacuated in a single day.
Earlier, Prokudin additionally stated that one civilian individual was killed and one injured over the previous day on account of Russia’s shelling on the area and town of Kherson itself.
The Moscow-controlled Nova Kakhvovka dam on the Dnipro River was destroyed on Tuesday, flooding a swathe of the frontline within the Kherson area, forcing villagers to flee. Ukraine and Russia have blamed one another for the dam collapse.
About 42,000 individuals have been in danger from flooding in Russian and Ukrainian managed areas alongside the Dnipro River, stated Ukrainian officers, because the United Nations assist chief warned of “grave and far-reaching penalties.”
“Of seven individuals we all know for certain (are lacking),” TASS cited Nova Kakhvovka mayor Vladimir Leontiev as saying. Greater than 900 individuals have been evacuated on Tuesday from the Russian-controlled metropolis of some 45,000 individuals, which sits on the left financial institution of the Dnipro River.
Ukrainian officers stated that some 80 communities within the total Kherson area are vulnerable to being flooded.
The governor of Ukraine’s Kherson area, Oleksandr Prokudin, stated on Wednesday that 1,582 homes have been flooded on the suitable financial institution of the Dnipro River and a few 1,457 individuals have been evacuated in a single day.
Earlier, Prokudin additionally stated that one civilian individual was killed and one injured over the previous day on account of Russia’s shelling on the area and town of Kherson itself.
