United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Martin Griffiths declared to the Associated Press (AP) that due to the destruction of the dam of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station, 700,000 people in the territories controlled by both Russia and Ukraine are deprived of access to water drinkable.
According to Griffiths, the humanitarian situation in Ukraine is “significantly worse” than it was before the state of emergency at the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station.
Griffiths has warned that the impact of flooding from the destruction of the hydroelectric power station will ‘almost inevitably’ lead to lower grain exports, higher food prices around the world and less food for millions of people. in need, notes AP.
“It’s a whole series of problems. We are only just beginning to see the consequences (of the destruction of the hydroelectric plant – approx. Russian media),” Griffiths said.
He noted that an urgent response is needed to save lives, but “behind this lies a huge imminent problem of lack of drinking water for these 700,000 people” in territories controlled by both Ukraine and the Russia.
Destruction of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station
The destruction of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station occurred on the night of Tuesday, June 6. The Kremlin said it was “deliberate sabotage by the Ukrainian side”. In the West and in Kyiv, the responsibility for what happened was placed on Moscow. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said there was an “internal damage to structures”.
Acting governor of Kherson region Volodymyr Saldo said Saturday, June 10, referring to preliminary calculations by RusHydro, that the Dnieper could enter its usual course under the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station by June 16.
By late Saturday, nearly 7,000 people were evacuated from the flooded territories of the Kherson region, Saldo said overnight.
“At the end of June 10, almost 7,000 people were evacuated from the flooded territories of the Kherson region (including 323 children, 112 people with reduced mobility), including 902 people per day”, writing Balance in your telegram channel.
According to him, about 1.5 thousand people are in temporary accommodation centers out of the total number of evacuees. 77 people from the affected territories went to medical facilities, Saldo added.
He noted that the water level continues to drop: in the Novokahovsky district it fell to 7 meters, in Aleshkinsky – to 1.5 meters.
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