Forty-eight settlements flooded in Kherson region

"As of 12:00, 48 settlements have been flooded in Kherson region, of which: 34 (3,625 houses) are in Ukraine-controlled territory, 14 are in the temporarily occupied territory. A total of 2,412 people have been evacuated. Four people were killed. Eleven people were injured in shelling during evacuation measures. Thirteen people are considered missing," Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Ihor Klymenko posted on Facebook.

He noted that 23 settlements have been flooded in Mykolaiv region. According to him, 825 people have been evacuated. One person was killed.

As reported, the Russian army blew up the Kakhovka HPP dam on the night of June 6. Rescue operations and measures to evacuate people from flood areas continue in the danger zone in Kherson region.

The situation remains particularly dramatic in the temporarily occupied territories, where the Russians left the civilian population without any help, while access for Ukrainian rescue services to these people is extremely difficult or impossible.

President Volodymyr Zelensky informed that access to drinking water has been hampered for hundreds of thousands of people following the Kakhovka HPP explosion.

Photo: Ihor Klymenko / Facebook