Volodymyr Zelensky deplored, on Wednesday evening June 7, the absence of humanitarian aid from the United Nations and the Red Cross after the destruction of the Kakhovka hydroelectric dam in southern Ukraine. “They are not there”said the Ukrainian president, who said to himself “shocked” because “these are the forces that must be there to save people’s lives”. Follow our live.
Evacuations of civilians continue. Buses and trains take turns to move the affected populations. In Kherson, a town located 70 km downstream from the Kakhovka dam, the water rose five meters on the banks of the Dnieper.
France at the bedside of Ukraine. Emmanuel Macron reacted on Wednesday to the destruction of the Kakhovka dam. “We will send in the next few hours help to meet the immediate needs.”he promised on Twittercondemning a “heinous act that endangers populations”.
Putin accuses kyiv of a “barbaric act”. “The barbaric act aimed at destroying the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station in the Kherson region has led to a large-scale environmental and humanitarian disaster”said Wednesday the Russian president, during a telephone conversation with his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan.