The Kremlin released an official statement. More than 2,700 people were evacuated from flooded areas following the disaster in the Ukrainian city of Kherson.
The president of RussiaVladimir putindescribed this Wednesday as a “barbaric act” the destruction of the Kajovka dam in an area of the south of Ukraine occupied by the forces of his country, and accused kyiv of the attack that caused “a great ecological and humanitarian catastrophe”.
In turn, the Kremlin released an official statement and mentioned the support of the Turkish president: “The presidents of Russia and Turkey exchanged views on the situation around Ukraine. Putin claimed that the Kiev authorities, instigated by his Western handlers, continue to bet dangerously on the escalation of hostilities, commit war crimes, openly use terrorist methods and organize sabotage on Russian territory.”
“A clear example of this is the barbaric act of destroying the Kakhovk hydroelectric power stationa, in the Kherson region, which caused a large-scale environmental and humanitarian catastrophe,” the text adds.
Erdogan, for his part, indicated to Putin the need to promote an “exhaustive” investigation of the attack in which Russia and Ukraine disclaimed responsibility: “President Erdogan said that it is important to carry out a thorough investigation of the explosion at the Kajovka dam so that there is no doubt”.
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Thousands of evacuees due to the destruction of the dam
More of 2,700 people were evacuated from flooded areas after the destruction of a dam near the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson for an attack of which Ukraine and Russia They accused each other, authorities reported.
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DEVASTATION. General view of the flooding caused by the destruction of the Kajovka dam, in Ukraine. Thousands of people were affected by the disaster.
A spokesman for the Ukrainian emergency services told a local television channel that more than 1,450 people were evacuated from Ukrainian-controlled areas along the Dnieper riverbank after the destruction of the Kakhovka.
“There is currently no information on deaths or injuries,” said the spokesman, Oleksandr Khorunzhyiadding that the water level in the city of Kherson had risen five meters.
Source: Ambito
