A critical dam in southern Ukraine was heavily damaged early Tuesday, apparently by an explosion, sending water gushing toward dozens of communities and prompting officials to evacuate thousands of people at risk of catastrophic flooding.
The damaged dam, which controls the flow of water to dozens of settlements, is the source for a crucial canal that delivers water south to Crimea.Ukrainian authorities in Kherson urged residents to evacuate, while the Russian-occupying authorities that still hold territory in Kherson’s east of the Dnieper, appeared to play down potential consequences.
“In five hours the water will rise to a critical level,” Produkin said Tuesday morning. “The evacuation of residents to safer areas has begun.” Residents are being evacuated from Kherson city’s Ostriv district and evacuation trains have been put in place from Kherson to the city of Mykolaiv. Shmyhal said that Kyiv was trying to monitor the situation at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant but its visibility was limited by Russia’s occupation.Ukrainian Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said on Telegram that 742 people had been evacuated so far from Ukrainian-held areas.
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