According to Reuters on June 6, the Kakhovka hydropower dam in the Kherson region was damaged by an attack on the 7th, and Ukrainian officials said that the flood caused by the flood is expected to peak on the 7th, and about 5,7 people living along the Dnieper River are threatened.
The United Nations reportedly warned that the consequences for Ukraine of the damage to the Kakhovka hydroelectric dam were "serious and far-reaching."
Martin Griffiths, the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, said the Kakhovka dam burst "will have a serious and far-reaching impact on thousands of people on both sides of the front lines in southern Ukraine, who will lose their homes, food, safe water and livelihoods." ”
Griffith said, "The magnitude of this disaster will only become fully apparent in the coming days." ”
On June 2023, 6, local time, a screenshot of the damage to the Kakhovka hydroelectric dam provided by the Office of the President of Ukraine.
There are no preliminary reports of deaths from floods, but White House spokesman Kirby said on the 6th that floods caused by dams could cause "many deaths."
According to the Russian Satellite News Agency, Vladimir Leontyev, head of the city of Nova Kakhovka, said that as many as 100 people remained stranded in residential areas after the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station was damaged. "Rescue efforts are ongoing and up to 100 people are trapped in the residential area of Xenniso."
Ukrainian authorities previously said that the Kakhovka hydropower dam was blown up by the Russian army in the early morning of the 5th, which may pose an additional threat to the safety of the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant.
However, Russian presidential press secretary and Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on the 6th that the Kakhovka hydropower station was deliberately damaged by Ukraine.
The White House said it was still unable to reach a conclusion on the cause of the dam damage in Ukraine.