The flow of water can bring mines to flooded settlements in the Kherson region.
This was announced by the head of the government of the region Andrey Alekseenko.
“The operational headquarters warns that mines and other dangerous objects may be brought in by the course,” he wrote on his Telegram channel. Alekseenko added that as soon as the water subsides, engineering reconnaissance of the territories will begin.
According to him, the epidemiological situation in connection with the flooding of water intakes, the erosion of cemeteries and cattle burial grounds is now causing concern. “Sanitary doctors warn of the possible danger of water from any source,” Alekseenko added.
Recall that the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station collapsed on June 6. A number of cities and towns were almost completely flooded. An emergency regime has been introduced in the Kherson region. Moscow and Kyiv accuse each other of breaking the hydroelectric dam. The Investigative Committee of Russia opened a case on the terrorist act, the Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine – under articles on ecocide.
On the eve of the head of the city administration of Nova Kakhovka, Vladimir Leontiev, said that after the destruction of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station and the flooding of a number of settlements in the Kherson region, 5 people died, another 41 were injured.
Source: Rosbalt
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