Peskov: Putin has no plans to go to the Kherson region

Russian President Vladimir Putin has no plans to travel to the Kherson region yet. This was announced by press secretary Dmitry Peskov.

“At the moment there are no such plans,” he answered the question of whether Putin plans to hold a meeting of the operational headquarters near the Kherson region or go there himself.

The breakthrough of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station occurred on the night of June 6. As a result of the incident, an uncontrolled discharge of water began, the level of which reached about 11 m. A local emergency regime was introduced on the territory of the district, and the emergency regime was introduced on the territory of the Kherson region.

According to the latest data, more than 4,000 people were evacuated from the Kherson region. As the head of the Novokakhovka urban district Vladimir Leontiev noted, as a result of the destruction of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station in the Kherson region died five people, another 41 were injured.

After the incident, the Russian and Ukrainian sides were accused of undermining each other. Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov said that Kyiv committed a deliberate sabotage, and stressed that the Russian side rejects accusations that it was allegedly involved in this incident. Russian President Vladimir Putin named what happened as a barbaric action by the Ukrainian authorities, which led to a large-scale environmental and humanitarian catastrophe.