Abandoned residents? After the destruction of the Kakhovka dam, the water level continues to rise on both sides of the Dnieper, affecting downstream both the left bank, liberated by Ukrainian troops, and the right bank, controlled by Russia. According to the governor of the Kherson region Alexander Prokudin, 600 km² are currently flooded.
Residents stranded by rising water
However, while rescue efforts continue in and around Kherson, on the right bank, concerns are growing over flooded communities on the Russian side. Messages with calls for help are becoming more frequent in social networks, especially from the city of Oleshki, where 24 thousand people lived before the flood, and which would now be almost completely under water, according to satellite imagery.
“The whole street is sitting on the rooftops, begging for help. Animals drown and howl“, testified a woman near washington post via Telegram. “I beg you, help my parents. They are trapped. I will cry, but save them.”sent another resident of the city to an evacuation discussion group set up by volunteers and relatives. “Help evacuate these people: Husband, wife and 5-year-old daughter from Oleshki are sitting on the roof. PLEASE HELP”it is still published.
Video Footage has also been circulated of residents stranded on their rooftops as the water continues to rise. Ukrainian army for its part, published images in which a drone delivers a bottle of water to a child stuck in a flooded house. According to Ukrainian media Kyiv independentthe family would subsequently be saved.
The situation in the occupied part of the Kherson region is absolutely catastrophic
The situation in the occupied part of the Kherson region is absolutely catastrophic
Vladimir Zelensky
“Orcs [qualificatif donné aux Russes] left town”– Evgeny Rishchuk, mayor Oleshek in exile, was indignant. “People are sitting on rooftops. There are no boats in the city. The curfew is not lifted. This is genocide.” An inventory conducted by the Ukrainian president himself. on twitteron Wednesday, June 7 in the evening, Volodymyr Zelensky pointed out that “The situation in the occupied part of the Kherson region is absolutely catastrophic”. “The occupiers simply abandoned people in these terrible conditions. Without help, without water, just on rooftops, in flooded villages.he declared.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy also accused Russian forces of attacking rescuers trying to deliver aid to the disaster area. “As soon as our forces try to take someone out of there, the invaders shoot at them from afar”. According to his headquarters, the Russians “were not prepared for the consequences of the explosion” and “suffered losses in people, weapons and military equipment.”
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Although the flooded areas are mostly located on the Russian side, the relevant authorities have said that rescue efforts are underway. According to them, 4500 people “already evacuated”. After the incident on Tuesday, June 6, the head of the Russian-occupied zone in the Kherson region, Volodymyr Saldo, downplayed the risk of flooding in a video released. On the evening of Wednesday, June 7, he continued to assert on Telegram that the situation was under control, while listing 35 cities affected by the flood.
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