In a number of settlements of the Kherson region on the right bank of the Dnieper, controlled by Kyiv, an evacuation has been announced. The measures were taken after the partial collapse of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station, RBC reports with reference to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine.
The department noted that the villages of Nikolaevka, Olgovka, Levo, Tyaginka, Ponyatovka, Ivanovka, Tokarevka, Ponyatovka, Pridneprovskoye, Sadovoe, and partly the city of Kherson – Korabel Island got into the potential flood zone on the right bank of the Dnieper River. Residents were urged to turn off electrical appliances, collect documents and essentials, and follow the instructions of rescuers and police.
At the same time, the mayor of Nova Kakhovka, which is under Russian control, Vladimir Leontiev, said that there was no need to evacuate the city, but did not rule out that residents of settlements that are downstream of the Dnieper would have to be evacuated.
Earlier, Leontiev reported that valves at the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station collapsed due to shelling at night, and water began to be discharged uncontrollably downstream. However, the dam itself survived.
Source: Rosbalt
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