2023-06-12 18:45:49
In southern Ukraine, evacuations continue following the sudden rise in water levels caused by the destruction of the Kakhovka hydroelectric dam, for which both sides deny responsibility.
According to the latest figures on Sunday evening provided by Ukrainian Interior Minister Igor Klymenko, 2,722 people, including 205 children, were evacuated from the southern region of Kherson and 982 others, including 167 children, from the neighboring province of Mykolaiv. But seven people died and regarding thirty are still missing following these floods in the territories which are under the control of kyiv. In total, 77 localities have been invaded by the waters, including 14 in the occupied territories, said Igor Klymenko, according to whom 162,000 people are also without running water upstream of the Kakhovka dam.
In areas in Russian hands, officials installed by Moscow reported this week more than 7,000 people evacuated as well as eight dead and 13 missing in connection with this same tragedy.
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