This was stated by the acting governor of the Zaporozhye region Yevgeny Balitsky on the air of the Russia 24 TV channel.
He noted that today the depth of the Dnieper is 13.04 meters and the water practically ceases to leave in the volume in which it was.
"We lost five meters of the Dnieper. It is also assumed that no more than two meters, maybe less, will be lost. Thus, seven meters is the maximum that will be," Balitsky said.
Earlier, the head of the Crimea, Sergei Aksyonov, said that water from the North Crimean Canal, which will become shallow after the explosion of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station, is currently being pumped into the bulk reservoirs of the peninsula.
He also said that the option of pumping water directly from the Dnieper in the Kherson region to the North Crimean Canal to supply it to Crimea is being worked out with the federal authorities.