He also warned that there could be problems with access to clean drinking water
The destruction that has been caused after the explosion at the Nova Kahovka dam is enormous. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky argued that “35 to 70 cities will be flooded” Mralong the Dnieper River.
He also warned that there could be problems with access to clean drinking water.
“There will be major problems with drinking water even where there are no floods. Throughout the region”he said characteristically.
Ukraine earlier announced it was evacuating “more than 17,000” civilians from flooded areas. “More than 40,000 people are at risk of being in flooded zones. Ukrainian authorities are evacuating more than 17,000 people. Unfortunately, more than 25,000 civilians are on the ground [που τελεί] under Russian control,” Ukrainian Prosecutor General Andriy Kostin said on Twitter.
Meanwhile, Andriy Alekseyenko, president of the Russian-appointed government of Ukraine’s Kherson province, said the small town of Olesky, which is on the river’s south bank, was almost completely flooded.
Source :Skai
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