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Ukraine cries ecocide after the destruction of the Nova Kakhovka dam. It causes the flooding of many localities and thousands of inhabitants remain to be evacuated under the bombardments.
Ukrainians must fuid the flooded areas as soon as possible as fighting continues in the Kherson region. Since the explosion of the dam of Nova Kakhovka, the water keeps rising. These families lived on a island located on the Dnieper. They had to leave everything despite the danger and the warning sirens. “The Russes probably destroyed the dam without thinking. They are inhuman”, advances a resident. In the middle of the interview, bombardments are heard, which complicates the evacuations.
17,000 civilians to evacuate
They are more than 17,000 civilians to have to be evacuated by the Ukrainian authorities. Throughout the night of Tuesday, June 6, rescuers and soldiers multiplied relief operations. It has now been more than 24 hours since water has been surging in the regions around the river on the Ukrainian side, but also in areas controlled by the Russians. Des entire villages are already flooded. “The water is a danger, but there are also the mines that float here”precise Oleksandr ProkudinGovernor of Kherson Oblast.