The explosion of the Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine has flooded several ecosystems. It will take at least ten years for them to recover. However, a return to the stage before the explosion was also not possible at the moment, Ukraine’s Environment Minister Ruslan Strilez said.
“According to our calculations, it will take at least ten years to restore the valuable areas that nature has formed over hundreds of years,” he said. By this he means ‘biological diversity and natural ecosystems’. The vegetation will not be the same as before.
The destroyed dam also deprived Ukraine’s people of their “most precious resource” of water, which could have supplied the needs of a million people. Strilez said 73 percent of the reservoir water flowed into the Black Sea, reducing the surface area of the reservoir by 70 to 80 percent. The dam in the Russian-occupied town of Nowa Kachowka, located directly on the front, was destroyed on June 6.
flooded natural areas
Huge bodies of water then poured out of the adjacent reservoir. At that time many places were under water. This included more than 80,000 hectares of protected natural areas. The water has now almost receded, but the soil still needs to be cleaned up.
The Ukrainian side accuses the war opponent of blowing up the building, but he denies this to this day. According to the minister, specialists from 20 countries are currently working on a program to restore the affected areas.
Source: Krone
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