80 places affected – Russian military are said to have destroyed the dam

By noon, according to Ukrainian sources, about 1,300 people (out of a total of 17,000 on the Ukrainian side) had evacuated their homes. Another 25,000 people are at risk on the Russian-occupied southern side of the Dnipro River, it said. Little was initially known about her fate. Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Schmyhal spoke about the flood risk for up to 80 cities. A military governor added that eight cities were completely or partially flooded, including parts of the city of Kherson.

Initially, there was no information about the dead or injured. According to the EU, hundreds of thousands of citizens are at risk from the destroyed dam. About 80 settlements were affected. “This is another devastating consequence of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine,” UN Secretary-General António Guterres said in New York on Tuesday. However, the United Nations could not say for sure how the Kachowka Dam was destroyed. Your Security Council will deal with the incident on Tuesday evening.

Moscow speaks of sabotage
According to media reports and US secret services, the Russian side is said to be behind the attack. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, on the other hand, accused Ukrainian forces of destroying the dam. It was “sabotage” to “prevent offensive action by the Russian army in this part of the front.” The Ukrainian regime launched an offensive in several sectors of the front three days ago, he admitted. During the defense, 71 Russian troops were killed and 210 others wounded.