Waters continued to rise in southern Ukraine, flooding neighborhoods and trapping thousands of residents after a catastrophic dam collapse triggered a humanitarian disaster at a pivotal moment of fighting on the front lines of Russia’s 15-month-long war.
KYIV, Ukraine — Waters continued to rise in southern Ukraine, flooding war-torn neighborhoods and trapping thousands of residents on Wednesday, after a catastrophic dam collapse triggered a humanitarian disaster at a pivotal moment of fighting on the front lines of Russia’s 15-month-long war.
Whether the dam was attacked, or collapsed for some other reason, the vast flooding has redrawn the battlefield on the southern front. Some heavily fortified Russian positions were left underwater, but Ukraine’s chances of advancing into the affected region were also constrained. Hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians have been left without drinking water as a result of the dam collapse, Zelensky said in a Telegram message Wednesday. At least 1,750 people have been evacuated from the west bank of the river, said Oleksandr Prokudin, Ukraine’s governor for the Kherson region.
The town adjacent to the dam, Nova Kakhovka, is severely flooded, Saldo wrote on Telegram, adding that officials are distributing drinking water and expecting to deliver electric generators and pumps. He said they are also evacuating people from dangerous areas, with a focus on families with children.
Across Ukraine on Tuesday, Russia launched 35 missile strikes, all of which were destroyed by Ukraine’s air defenses, according to a military update Wednesday morning. In total, Russia carried out 41 airstrikes.On the battlefield, the east continues to be the epicenter of the fighting, Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maliar wrote on Telegram Wednesday morning.
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