Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi has strongly condemned the shooting at civilian lifeboats in the flooded war zone of Kherson in the south of the country: “Even animals have more morals than you, Russian state. Russian terrorists continue to shell evacuation routes, evacuation points and boats to evacuate people to carry away.”
A boat carrying 21 people was fired on by Russians on Sunday as the civilians tried to escape the Moscow-occupied part of the Kherson region, according to Ukrainian authorities. Three people died and ten were injured.
First Russia blew up the dam, then left the people in the flooded area to fend for themselves and now, according to Zelenskyj, they are still being shot at. He said representatives of the International Criminal Court in The Hague had seen the situation in Kherson with their own eyes. The right bank of the Dnipro River is under Ukrainian control. The experts had begun to investigate the disaster.
“This research is very important for the security of the whole world,” Zelensky said. Punishing Russia is a condition not to repeat this evil in the world. About 4,000 people have been rescued so far, according to Zelenskyy. Dozens of towns and villages are still under water and the situation is worst in the Russian-occupied part of the Kherson region on the left bank of the Dnipro. The evacuation continues. Russia, in turn, blames Ukraine for the destruction of the dam.
Sanctions list expanded
Zelenskyi also said in his video message that he had put 178 people on a sanctions list who “serve the evil that the Russian state has become”. These are those responsible for destroying freedoms and playing a key role in repression in the occupied territories of Ukraine and in Russia itself. Any “accomplice of the Russian dictatorship” will be held accountable, he promised.
Concerns about the Zaporizhia Nuclear Power Plant
After the destruction of the Kakhovka dam, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) pushed for wider access to the vicinity of the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant. The dam’s water level was stable for about a day over the weekend, IAEA chief Rafael Grossi explained. “However, at other points in the huge reservoir, the level continues to drop, possibly resulting in a difference of about two meters.”
The height of the water level is an important parameter for the continued functioning of the water pumps. The water from the reservoir is used to cool the plant’s six reactors and store spent fuel, according to the IAEA.
Source: Krone
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