The authorities of Nova Kakhovka reported a decrease in the water level in the city

On the morning of June 7, the water level in Novaya Kakhovka began to decline after the destruction of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station. This was announced by the administration of the city district.

“The water level on the previously flooded streets of Nova Kakhovka began to subside,” – says in a message in the Telegram channel of the administration.

The authorities of Nova Kakhovka also published several photos showing that the water in the city is gradually receding. Head of the city district Vladimir Leontiev clarifiedthat the water level had dropped by 35 cm. As of 8.35 am, the water level had dropped “half a meter”, he later stated. Leontiev noted a positive trend.

At the same time, according to him, the village of Korsunka was completely under water. Also flooded on the roofs of the houses of the Dnieper, Krynki, Cossack Camps, which are located downstream.

Acting Governor of the Kherson region Vladimir Saldo on the air of the Soloviev Live program informedthat in Novaya Kakhovka they began to partially turn on electricity. According to him, the services took water samples, and disinfection of the territory will begin in the next two or three days.

The breakthrough of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station occurred on the night of June 6. As a result, an uncontrolled discharge of water began. The day before, the level of water rise in Novaya Kakhovka increased by 11 m, Mayor Vladimir Leontiev reported. A local state of emergency (ES) was introduced on the territory of the district. On the fact of the incident, the Russian Investigative Committee opened a criminal case on a terrorist attack.

According to the Russian side, the cause of the incident at the HPP became shelling that resulted in the destruction of three spans by water pressure. The administration of the Novokakhovsk urban district stated that, presumably, the blow was delivered by the Armed Forces of Ukraine from the Alder MLRS (RS-2).

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu laid responsible for the incident on Kyiv, saying that the Ukrainian side had blown up the constructions of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station. In the Kremlin called what happened as a deliberate sabotage and connected it with the “unsuccessful counteroffensive” of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Ukraine blames Russia for the destruction of the station. The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said that the country will convene an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council because of the situation around the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station. Similar actions will undertake Russia.