Russian rescuers evacuated 4.5 thousand people from the flooded territories of the Kherson region

4.5 thousand people were evacuated from the flooded territories of the left-bank part of the Kherson region, said the Minister of Labor and Social Policy of the region, Alla Barkhatnova. Ukrainian rescuers took out about 1.7 thousand people from the affected settlements on the right bank of the Dnieper, which is controlled by Kyiv.

“To date, 4,553 citizens have been evacuated. Mostly citizens settled in boarding houses, which were prepared in the shortest possible time. Everything you need is there: food, medical care,” Ms. Barkhatnova told Rossiya 24 (quoted by RIA Novosti).

The head of the Ukrainian Kherson regional military administration, Oleksandr Prokudin, said in a video message on Telegram that 1,900 people left the flooded areas. According to him, the average level of flooding is 5.61 m. There are 600 square meters under water. km of the Kherson region. 32% of them fall on the right bank controlled by Ukraine, 68% – on the Russian left bank.

Kakhovskaya HPP was partially destroyed June 6th The water flooded the settlements on both sides of the Dnieper, the left bank is controlled by Russian troops, the right bank by Ukrainians. The parties blame each other for what happened. According to the Russian authorities, up to 40 thousand people were in the disaster zone, 5 people died, more than 40 were injured. The Ukrainian side also reports several dead and dozens injured.

About the reaction of the world community – in the publication “Kommersant” “Dam with two ends”.

Leonid Uvarchev