Five People Have Been Killed and 13 Missing in Flooding in Ukraine Since Dam Destroy
More people were being evacuated from southern Ukraine on Friday, where authorities reported that at least five people had died in floods brought on by the collapse of the Kakhovka dam.
Ihor Klymenko, the interior minister, said on the Telegram messaging app that four people had died, 13 others were missing, and one person had passed away in the Mykolayiv district.
Eight people had perished in area controlled by Russia, according to a Russian-appointed official, and more than 5,800 residents had their houses evacuated.
Volodymyr Zelenskiy, the president of Ukraine, said that officials were working nonstop to preserve lives.
“The evacuation keeps going. Zelenskiy said, “We are moving people out of the flood zone wherever we can.
Additionally, he uploaded pictures of flooded regions where rescuers were using boats to save humans and animals.
He said, “We are learning more information about the harm Russia created by this catastrophe.
48 towns in the Kherson area, including 14 in Russian-occupied territory, were inundated, according to Klymenko. 23 villages and towns in the Mykolayiv area experienced flooding.
The Kakhovka hydroelectric power facility and dam, which had been under Russian possession from the first few weeks of Russia’s incursion in February of last year, were blown up, according to allegations made by Ukraine against Russian soldiers.
Moscow has attributed responsibility for the dam’s demise to Ukraine. As rescue efforts are being made, both sides have accused one another of shelling people.
Russian soldiers are still bombarding the Kherson area, but Natalia Humeniuk, a spokesman for Ukraine’s southern military command, claimed the frequency of the bombardment has decreased since the water has forced them to shift positions.
She said during a briefing that “previously there were 70 to 80 incidents of shelling every day, and (now) there are about 30 to 50.”
Last November, after more than eight months of Russian occupation, Ukrainian troops reclaimed Kherson.
