Mass evacuations forced residents out of their homes amid fears of widespread flood devastation.
, whose military has occupied the area. Ukraine described it as an act of “ecocide,” and called for an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council.
Charles Michel, president of the European Council, said the attack on the civilian infrastructure “clearly qualifies as a war crime.” Oleksandr Prokudin, the head of the Kherson Regional Military Administration, said in a video posted to Telegram it will take mere hours—within five—for the water to reach “critical levels.”
Residents further downstream on the Dnipro River in Kherson were warned: “Do everything you can to save your life,” according to Oleksandr Prokudin, head of Ukraine’s Kherson region military administration.
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