The rupture of the Nova Kajovka dam, in the Kherson region, threatens 80 towns that, according to Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelensky, are already under water. In the early hours of Tuesday, the hydroelectric power station and dam in the city of Nova Kakhovka collapsed, causing a huge tidal wave that raised the water level of the Dnipro River, affecting some 80 towns along its banks and threatening protected species.

Satellite images already show Totally flooded towns, houses under water and disappeared towns, as can be seen in the main video of this news item. The maximum extension of flooded territories is expected to be reached between three and five days.

According to the president of the Government imposed by Moscow in the region, Andrei Alekseenko, the rupture of the dam affects 14 towns where 22,000 people live, while the Ukrainian Military Administration of the area has estimated the number of people living in the area at 16,000. critical zone. In total, there would be more than 40,000 affected.

“The most difficult situation is in Oleshki, which is almost completely flooded”, explained the Russian governor. The Russian-imposed mayor of New Kakhovka, Vladimir Leontiev, declared a state of emergency and three districts near the dam were evacuated. About 900 people were transferred to other places. As of 4:20 p.m. local time, more than 1,300 people had been evacuated from the flooded areas in the Kherson region, the Ukrainian State Emergency Service said, explaining that 13 towns and 300 houses on the right bank of the river have been flooded.

Ukraine has assured that although the floods have affected both sides, the Ukrainian side will suffer “eight times more” than the Russian. “The destruction of the hydroelectric power station has already caused an ecological disaster: dozens of settlements downstream of the Dnieper are flooded, the Kakhovka reservoir and the North Crimean Canal, which supplies water to the Crimean peninsulathey’re getting shallow,” Nebenzia has described.

“In other words, Kyiv once again sand has prepared to take revenge on Crimea for his choice in favor of Russia, and leave the population of Crimea without water. We also do not rule out an implicit attempt at provocation against the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant,” the Russian side said.

In addition to the human consequences of the disaster, Ukraine is concerned for the ecological and agricultural consequences. According to the Ukrainian Presidency, at least 150 tons of motor oil were spilled into the Dnieper River and there is a risk of another 300 tons leaking. Zelenski pointed out that it is a “brutal ecocide”.