Almost 80 settlements were flooded, and thousands of people were evacuated

After the destruction of the Kakhovskaya Dam by Russia, 46 settlements were flooded, 32 of which are located in the territory of the Kherson region controlled by Ukraine.

A total of 2,699 people were evacuated.

In the Mykolaiv region, according to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, 31 settlements were flooded, from which 982 people were evacuated.

The Kakhovka Dam, the southernmost dam on the Dnipro River, collapsed on June 6, allowing 18 square kilometers of water to burst downstream at once, flooding cities and towns and creating humanitarian, nuclear, environmental, economic and other threats to Ukraine.

The destruction was caused by explosives planted by Russian troops under the control of the Russian authorities, who operated the hydroelectric plant.

Undermining of the Kakhovskaya HPP: 35 residents, including 7 children, are considered missing

As a result of the detonation by the Russian occupiers of the Kakhovskaya HPP, 35 residents, including children, are considered missing.

On the sixth day of the liquidation of the consequences of the hydroelectric power plant explosion, law enforcement officers announced that 46 settlements were actually flooded in the Kherson region, of which 32 were in the territory controlled by Ukraine, that is 3,821 houses, as well as 14 villages and towns in the temporarily occupied territory.

Since the beginning of the tragedy, it was possible to evacuate 2,718 civilians, including 190 children. 5 people died.

35 people are still considered missing, including 7 children.

In the Mykolaiv region, 31 settlements were flooded. 982 Ukrainians were evacuated, including 167 children. One person died.

In Dnipropetrovsk region, there is no water supply for almost 162,000 subscribers in 34 settlements.

Flooding situation

On June 6, Russian troops blew up the Kakhovskaya HPP, it was completely destroyed. As a result of the tragedy, settlements of the Kherson region and the regional center itself, as well as villages and cities of the Mykolaiv region, were flooded.

As a result, on the evening of June 6 in Mykolaiv, flooding was recorded in four districts of the city. The water level rose by 82 cm. Bridges and gardens were destroyed and flooded in the region. On Wednesday, June 7, flooding was held in four districts of Mykolaiv.

As of June 8, the water level in Mykolaiv water area rose to 102 cm.

On Friday, June 9, the water level in the water area continued to be monitored in Mykolaiv. It was reported that the water level in the city dropped by 2 cm overnight, and by another 3 cm in the morning.

On the morning of June 10, it was reported that the water level in Mykolaiv water area is 88 centimeters.

As of the evening of Saturday, June 10, the water level in the Mykolaiv water area is 84 centimeters.

Overnight, the water level in Kherson Region and Mykolaiv, which were flooded as a result of the invaders blowing up the Kakhovskaya HPP, dropped.

The salinity of the water in the Black Sea has decreased sharply.