“The average level of the flood is 5.61 meters. 600 km2 of the Kherson region are under water,” he said. Oleksander Prokudin. Some 32% are on the kyiv-controlled right bank and the remaining 68% are on the Moscow-controlled left, he explained.
The governor of this southern region also pointed out that “despite the danger and the intense Russian shelling, the evacuation of the flooded area continues.” However, the situation in Moscow-controlled areas is “extremely difficult,” he added.
“Today, 559 people were evacuated from dangerous areas by volunteers, rescuers and the police. 2,334 residents of the region have already been evacuated. Most are from the Korabel micro-district of the city of Kherson, where 1,765 residents were rescued. According to estimates, about 16,000 people will have to be evacuated of the flooded area on the right bank if the water level continues to rise,” Prokudin was quoted as saying by the Ukrinform news agency.
The Ukrainian state emergency service explained that “a total of 20 settlements and 2,629 houses” were flooded on the kyiv-controlled bank of the river.
The waters also submerged parts of the regional capital, Kherson.
If the water level continues to rise almost 16 thousand residents will have to be evacuated from the right bank of the Kherson region.
Zelensky visited the flooded areas
President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday visited areas of southern Ukraine that were flooded after the destruction of the Russian-controlled dam, while authorities announced the first five deaths from the catastrophe.
“Our task is to protect lives and help people as much as possible. I appreciate the rescuers and volunteers!”he stated in a message posted on social media.
The president reported that he held a “coordination meeting” on the operational situation in the region and stated that he wants to “compensate the inhabitants affected by the catastrophe.”
Russia, which holds Ukraine responsible for the attack on the dam – which supplied water to the territories it occupies in southern Ukraine – accused Kiev before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) of having launched “massive” artillery bombardments against the installation .
“The Kiev regime not only launched massive artillery attacks against the dam (…) but deliberately brought the water level of the Kakhovka reservoir to a critical level,” Russian diplomat Alexander Shulgin told the top court of Kiev today. the UN in The Hague.
rescues
Rescuers continued evacuation operations from Ukrainian-controlled areas on Thursday, using boats and amphibious vehicles. According to Laura Musaiyan of the Kherson meteorological center, the waters are 5.33 meters above the normal level.
Zelensky yesterday criticized the lack of humanitarian aid and claimed to be “shocked”.
“The UN, the United Nations and the representatives of the Red Cross are not there. All these hours, and they are still not there,” Zelensky said in an interview broadcast by the German media Welt TV and Bild.
Source: Ambito
