Kakhovka dam blast: 600 sq km of Kherson region flooded

As a result of Russia's blowing up of the Kakhovka dam, 600 square kilometers of Kherson region are under the water, while an average level of flooding is 5.61 meters as of the morning of June 8.

Oleksandr Prokudin, the head of the Kherson Regional Military Administration, wrote this on Telegram, Ukrinform reports.

"In the morning, the average level of flooding ia 5.61 meters. 600 square kilometers of Kherson region are under the water," the report says.

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According to Prokudin, 32% of the flooded territories are on the right bank and 68% are on the left bank.

As reported by Ukrinform, in the early hours of June 6, the Russian army blew up the Kakhovka HPP dam. About 16,000 people are in the disaster area on the right bank of Kherson region, evacuation is ongoing. The situation is critical on the temporarily occupied left bank.