Water level in Kakhovka Reservoir drops by one meter over last 24 hours

Ukraine's hydropower engineering company Ukrhydroenergo reported this on Telegram, according to Ukrinform.

"As of 08:00 on June 11, the level of the Kakhovka Reservoir in the Nikopol area is 9.35 [meters]. The water level has dropped by more than a meter over the last 24 hours and by more than seven meters since the explosion [on June 6]," the report said.

According to Ukrhydroenergo, the water level in the Dnipro River in Kherson has dropped by 0.54 meters over the last 24 hours, to 4.18 meters.

The company said its specialists are working on the most optimal options for balancing the country's energy system and providing the population with water.

Early on June 6, Russian troops blew up the dam of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant, causing the flooding of parts of the Kherson and Mykolaiv regions and, at the same time, the critical shallowing of the Kakhovka Reservoir.