According to a report by the Russian Satellite News Agency on June 6, Vladimir Leondiev, mayor of Nova Kakhovka, said that after the destruction of the Kakhovka hydropower station, three residential areas in the city's urban area were completely submerged. Ukraine's Ministry of Energy said on the same day that nearly 6,6 residents in Kherson lost power.
Leontiev reportedly said on a program on local Russian television that "the scale [of the destruction] is catastrophic." At the moment, we are flooded with just three settlements in the city of Nova Kakhovka. This is massive destruction, including infrastructure. ”
At the same time, Ukraine's Ministry of Energy said on the same day that nearly 1,2 residents of Kherson lost power due to an emergency at the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station.
Image source: Screenshot of the damage to the Kakhovka hydroelectric dam provided by the Office of the President of Ukraine on June 2023, 6 local time.
Ukrainian Prime Minister Shmegal said earlier on the 6th that after the emergency, as many as 80 settlements are threatened by flooding, and measures are being taken to evacuate people.
Alexander Prokukin, head of the military establishment of Ukraine's Kherson region, said about 16000,<> people were trapped in the critical zone on the right bank of the Dnieper.
The ministry posted on social media Telegram: "There is a risk of flooding of power facilities in the Kherson region, including the Kherson thermal power plant. Nearly 12000,<> consumers in the city have been cut off from power due to flooding, and there may be problems with the water supply. Preventive anti-crisis measures are being prepared. ”
In the early morning of the 5th local time, the Kakhovka hydroelectric dam in the Kherson region was damaged by shelling. On the 6th, the city of Nova Kakhovka declared a state of emergency from 12 o'clock.
At present, Russia and Ukraine have different opinions on the destruction of the Kakhovka hydroelectric dam. The Ukrainian military said on the 6th that "Russian troops blew up a large dam in Kherson Oblast in southern Ukraine."
However, Russian presidential press secretary and Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on the 6th that the Kakhovka hydropower station was deliberately damaged by Ukraine.
"This act of destruction could have very serious consequences, affecting tens of thousands of inhabitants of the region, in addition to ecological and other consequences that have not yet been determined." Peskov said.