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Ilona was driving through Ukraine early Tuesday when she heard the news of the Novaya Kakhovka dam being damaged. She panicked – her mother still lived across the border in Russian-occupied territory close to the river.
“She doesn’t walk well. She never leaves her yard,” Ilona said. Her mother lives two streets from the Dnieper River, close to the dam, in a settlement where the water began to rise. The power went out It was dark, Ilona said, and the signal was poor, but mother and daughter managed to stay in touch.
“In the morning she was crying,” said Ilona. “Now she has calmed down. She is waiting to see what happens. May be the water will stop rising and will not reach their lane.”
Flood waters were rising on both the Ukrainian and Russian-held sides of the Dnipro, which currently marks the front line in the conflict, after breaching on Tuesday morning – threatening towns and cities and forcing tens of thousands of residents to evacuate Compelled to.
Residents of Russian-occupied areas along the river described a tense and nervous atmosphere as they waited to see which areas would be affected.
Ilona’s own home, which she had to leave behind when fleeing the Russian invasion last spring, is not far from her mother’s house. After living “out of our car” with her three children for the past year, she had hoped to someday return to the family home.
Now, the house was completely washed away in the flood, she said. “It tears me apart.”
On the Ukrainian-controlled side of the river, officials urged thousands of residents in and around flooded areas to leave and move their pets if they could.
People walk through flood waters as emergency services patrol and help evacuate people in the Kherson region © National Police of Ukraine/Reuters
Interior Minister Ihor Klemenko said that by 1 a.m. local time, more than 1,000 people had been evacuated from flooded areas of the Kherson region by Ukrainian emergency services, police and volunteers.
He said that 12 settlements have been completely submerged.
Residents of Kherson said Russian artillery fired on the city when flood waters rose on Tuesday. “The evacuation takes place in a very tense situation, because now Kherson is under fire,” said resident Vyacheslav.
The Ukrainian government deployed a mobile emergency unit of all-terrain vehicles, boats and other equipment as well as trucks carrying potable water to the area. Clemenceau said five aid centers have been set up.
Kakhovka Dam: immediate concerns
Alexander, a resident of Dneprynni, about 10 km south of the dam, on the Russian-held side of the river, said he did not yet plan to evacuate. But friends close to the river were seeing the water rising, he said. “It has already reached Embankment Street (riverside). Of course, everyone is worried.
Videos show severe flooding in the main square of the Russian-controlled town of Novaya Kakhovka next to the dam, with water levels rising to the level of door handles of a main administrative building. Swans could be seen swimming near its white columns and fountains. Ukrainian media outlets reported that a small local zoo had been inundated.
Natalya, a resident of Novaya Kakhovka, said her home was safe, but that her relatives and friends had suffered. “The situation is bad, everything is flowing!” He said. Echoing Russian state media propaganda channels, which presented the damage to the dam as the work of the Ukrainian military, Natalya strongly accused Ukraine.
The Russian-installed head of the occupied territories of the Kherson region, Vladimir Saldo, said in a video on Tuesday morning that “as a result of the explosion, the water in the Dnipro River below the Kakhovka reservoir rose by four meters,” but had now stabilized.
In a video recorded from a car on Tuesday morning, Saldo said the breach would not affect local residents or Russia’s ability to defend its position on the river.
Half an hour later, however, his administration announced the start of evacuations from coastal areas, asking residents to take their documents and enough food and water for two to three days. Officials claimed that fifty buses were deployed for the evacuation.
An official statement said, “If you notice a rise in water that puts you and your loved ones at risk, you should gather all family members, prepare documents, money and valuables and head to the coastal area.” Must be ready to leave.”
Some residents expressed concern about the fate of the Zaporozhzhia nuclear plant located upstream from the dam. The supply to the pond used to cool the plant was shut off, but nuclear scientists said a nuclear accident was highly unlikely.
“It’s a catastrophe,” said Maxim, a young man from Nova Myachka. “The main thing is that everything goes well at Zaporozhzhia (the plant).”
The Nova Kakhovka Dam not only controls the water level in the Dnieper River, but also supplies water from its reservoir to the Crimean peninsula along the North Crimea Canal.
It has been a point of tension since the start of Russia’s aggression against Ukraine in 2014. After Moscow annexed the peninsula that year, Kiev suspended water flow along the canal. It was restored after Russia annexed parts of the region last spring.
The state Interfax news agency reported that the governor of the Russian-controlled peninsula, Sergei Aksyonov, said on Tuesday that water levels in the canal could start to drop because of damage to the dam.
But he said reserves were currently 80 per cent full, meaning there is “more than enough drinking water at the moment”.
“Work is being done to reduce water loss in the canal,” Aksyonov said. “In the coming days, the dynamics and potential risks will become clear.”
Additional reporting by Ben Hall in London
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Ilona was driving through Ukraine early Tuesday when she heard the news of the Novaya Kakhovka dam being damaged. She panicked – her mother still lived across the border in Russian-occupied territory close to the river.
“She doesn’t walk well. She never leaves her yard,” Ilona said. Her mother lives two streets from the Dnieper River, close to the dam, in a settlement where the water began to rise. The power went out It was dark, Ilona said, and the signal was poor, but mother and daughter managed to stay in touch.
“In the morning she was crying,” said Ilona. “Now she has calmed down. She is waiting to see what happens. May be the water will stop rising and will not reach their lane.”
Flood waters were rising on both the Ukrainian and Russian-held sides of the Dnipro, which currently marks the front line in the conflict, after breaching on Tuesday morning – threatening towns and cities and forcing tens of thousands of residents to evacuate Compelled to.
Residents of Russian-occupied areas along the river described a tense and nervous atmosphere as they waited to see which areas would be affected.
Ilona’s own home, which she had to leave behind when fleeing the Russian invasion last spring, is not far from her mother’s house. After living “out of our car” with her three children for the past year, she had hoped to someday return to the family home.
Now, the house was completely washed away in the flood, she said. “It tears me apart.”
On the Ukrainian-controlled side of the river, officials urged thousands of residents in and around flooded areas to leave and move their pets if they could.
People walk through flood waters as emergency services patrol and help evacuate people in the Kherson region © National Police of Ukraine/Reuters
Interior Minister Ihor Klemenko said that by 1 a.m. local time, more than 1,000 people had been evacuated from flooded areas of the Kherson region by Ukrainian emergency services, police and volunteers.
He said that 12 settlements have been completely submerged.
Residents of Kherson said Russian artillery fired on the city when flood waters rose on Tuesday. “The evacuation takes place in a very tense situation, because now Kherson is under fire,” said resident Vyacheslav.
The Ukrainian government deployed a mobile emergency unit of all-terrain vehicles, boats and other equipment as well as trucks carrying potable water to the area. Clemenceau said five aid centers have been set up.
Kakhovka Dam: immediate concerns
Alexander, a resident of Dneprynni, about 10 km south of the dam, on the Russian-held side of the river, said he did not yet plan to evacuate. But friends close to the river were seeing the water rising, he said. “It has already reached Embankment Street (riverside). Of course, everyone is worried.
Videos show severe flooding in the main square of the Russian-controlled town of Novaya Kakhovka next to the dam, with water levels rising to the level of door handles of a main administrative building. Swans could be seen swimming near its white columns and fountains. Ukrainian media outlets reported that a small local zoo had been inundated.
Natalya, a resident of Novaya Kakhovka, said her home was safe, but that her relatives and friends had suffered. “The situation is bad, everything is flowing!” He said. Echoing Russian state media propaganda channels, which presented the damage to the dam as the work of the Ukrainian military, Natalya strongly accused Ukraine.
The Russian-installed head of the occupied territories of the Kherson region, Vladimir Saldo, said in a video on Tuesday morning that “as a result of the explosion, the water in the Dnipro River below the Kakhovka reservoir rose by four meters,” but had now stabilized.
In a video recorded from a car on Tuesday morning, Saldo said the breach would not affect local residents or Russia’s ability to defend its position on the river.
Half an hour later, however, his administration announced the start of evacuations from coastal areas, asking residents to take their documents and enough food and water for two to three days. Officials claimed that fifty buses were deployed for the evacuation.
An official statement said, “If you notice a rise in water that puts you and your loved ones at risk, you should gather all family members, prepare documents, money and valuables and head to the coastal area.” Must be ready to leave.”
Some residents expressed concern about the fate of the Zaporozhzhia nuclear plant located upstream from the dam. The supply to the pond used to cool the plant was shut off, but nuclear scientists said a nuclear accident was highly unlikely.
“It’s a catastrophe,” said Maxim, a young man from Nova Myachka. “The main thing is that everything goes well at Zaporozhzhia (the plant).”
The Nova Kakhovka Dam not only controls the water level in the Dnieper River, but also supplies water from its reservoir to the Crimean peninsula along the North Crimea Canal.
It has been a point of tension since the start of Russia’s aggression against Ukraine in 2014. After Moscow annexed the peninsula that year, Kiev suspended water flow along the canal. It was restored after Russia annexed parts of the region last spring.
The state Interfax news agency reported that the governor of the Russian-controlled peninsula, Sergei Aksyonov, said on Tuesday that water levels in the canal could start to drop because of damage to the dam.
But he said reserves were currently 80 per cent full, meaning there is “more than enough drinking water at the moment”.
“Work is being done to reduce water loss in the canal,” Aksyonov said. “In the coming days, the dynamics and potential risks will become clear.”
Additional reporting by Ben Hall in London
