After the destruction of the Kakhovka dam, flooding and mass evacuations from the Kherson region

More than 2,700 people have been evacuated from flooded areas following the destruction of the Kakhovka dam, announced on Wednesday June 7 the Ukrainian authorities and those of the Russian occupation, which each control a bank of the Dnieper in the Kherson region. The day before, the Ukrainian authorities were already talking about the evacuation of 17,000 people.

Still according to Ukraine, 42,000 people, some of whom live in territories controlled by Russia, are directly threatened by floods with the destruction of the dam and hundreds of thousands of inhabitants will no longer have access to water. ‘potable water. An unknown number of civilians have probably already left on their own

“The most difficult situation is in the Korabelny district of the city of Kherson. So far the water level has risen 3.50 meters, more than 1,000 houses are flooded”, in this city taken over from the Russians by the Ukrainians in November 2022, said Tuesday evening in a press release the deputy chief of staff of the Ukrainian presidency, Oleksii Kouleba. Evacuations are to continue in the coming days by bus and train. Russia has imposed a state of emergency in parts of Kherson province under its control.