The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyi, said that in the morning he held a conference call regarding flooding after the explosion of the Kakhovskaya HPP and noted that the evacuation on the left bank of the Dnieper was completely failed by the Russian occupiers, so there will be an appeal to international organizations.
"The situation with the Kakhovskaya HPP is the number one topic at today's morning selector. Minister Klymenko, the newly appointed head of staff for overcoming the consequences, reported. He is already in place. Evacuation of people. Urgent provision of drinking water and long-term solutions for settlements that fed from the reservoir. and ecological damages. The evacuation on the left bank was completely failed by the occupiers. We will turn to international organizations," Zelenskyi said.
In addition, according to him, today, as every day, there was a withdrawal from the front. "Intelligence data. Provision of equipment and ammunition," the President noted.
"Interim results of the inspection of bomb shelters. Unfortunately, they are disappointing," he emphasized.
On June 6, 2023, around 3:00 a.m., the Russian military blew up the dam of the Kakhovskaya HPP in the Kherson region. Due to the explosion, the Kakhovskaya HPP was completely destroyed and cannot be restored.
There is an additional threat to the Zaporizhzhya NPP, but the situation is under control, Energoatom noted.
Criminal proceedings on ecocide have been opened.
There is a threat of flooding up to 80 settlements. About 16,000 people were in the critical zone.
According to forecasts announced by the Kherson OVA, the water level will increase by about one meter in the next 20 hours.
