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2023-06-20 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Flooded cities of the Kherson region are regularly shelled by the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] The settlements of the Kherson region, which suffered as a result of the destruction of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station, are shelled by the Armed Forces of Ukraine on average about 200 times a day, Andrey Aleksenko, the chairman of the government of the region, said on June 19 .

“There are usually a lot of arrivals. <...> They hit peaceful neighborhoods from all calibers. But this did not prevent, on the contrary, to accelerate the pace of work to eliminate the consequences of emergency situations, ” he wrote in his Telegram channel.

According to him, work on pumping out and disinfecting water is being completed in Novaya Kakhovka, now all forces are directed to Alyoshki and Naked Pier. Rescuers enter almost every house, identifying the necessary amount of assistance.

In Aleshki, seven more transformer substations were powered during the day, electricity was supplied, including to the hospital. In Golaya Pristan, five substations were restored in one day. More than 3.1 thousand people were vaccinated against dangerous infections, 1890 citizens received payments of 10 thousand rubles. For the entire time of the emergency, about 200 water samples were taken, only 13 of them do not meet the standards, Alekseenko added.

As reported by IA Regnum , on June 18, Acting Governor of the Kherson region Vladimir Saldo announced the completion of the active phase of the flood in the region. The death toll since the partial destruction of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station has increased to 35 people. Over the entire period of the emergency, almost 8,000 people were taken out of the flooded territories.

On the night of June 6, the dam of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station collapsed due to a missile strike by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. This led to the flooding of more than 30 settlements in the Kherson region. The settlements of Alyoshki, Naked Pristan and Novaya Kakhovka suffered the most.

Posted by badanov 2023-06-20 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11130 views ]  Top

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