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06 June 2023
Secretary of Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council Oleksiy Danilov has said that the Russians' blowing up of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant is a new stage of Russian aggression.
Rescuers of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine are working in a unified system with the Security and Defense Forces to eliminate the consequences of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant explosion, and all-terrain vehicles have been sent to the site.
Ukraine will convene a meeting of the UN Security Council and appeal to international environmental protection organizations and the International Criminal Court following Russia's destruction of the Nova Kakhovka dam.
The water level in the Kakhovka Reservoir is decreasing and has dropped by almost 1.5 meters.
Ukraine's military command anticipated in advance the possible actions of the Russian army regarding the destruction of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant and made appropriate calculations. Therefore, this will not prevent Ukraine's defense forces from advancing.
The head of the Office of the President Andriy Yermak published a video and photos of the consequences of flooding of settlements due to the destruction of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station by Russian invaders.
Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal has said that there are currently no casualties among the population due to rising water levels caused by the destruction of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant by Russian forces.
Due to the explosion of the Kakhovka HPP, there is a risk of flooding of energy facilities in Kherson region, including the Kherson CHPP. Almost 12 thousand consumers in the city (Ostriv district) have already been cut off from electricity, and there may be problems with water supply.
The head of the Security Service of Ukraine, Vasyl Malyuk, emphasises that not only the top of the Putin regime, but also ordinary people will be held accountable for the undermining of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station dam.
The State Border Guard Service of Ukraine released a video showing that almost the entire Kakhovka HPP is already under water.
Some 742 people have been evacuated as of 10:00 on Tuesday after Russian forces blew up the dam of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant in the Kherson region.
Enemy losses in killed and wounded in Tavria direction amount to more than three companies; 55 units of enemy weapons and military equipment were destroyed and damaged.
In Kherson city, Hidropark and Naftohavan areas have already been flooded. The bedridden and people with reduced mobility are taken to hospitals.
Law enforcement officers have launched an investigation into the occupiers' explosion of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station under the article of ecocide.
Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal announced a meeting of the State Commission on Technogenic and Environmental Safety and Emergencies due to the explosion of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station by Russian troops.
About 16,000 people are currently in the disaster area on the right-bank Kherson region as the Russians blew up the Kakhovka HPP dam.
In Kyiv region, as a result of an enemy strike, a dormitory and polyclinic were damaged, and patients and staff were evacuated from a maternity hospital.
Ukraine and UNDP discussed new approaches to organising humanitarian demining.
Over the past day, June 5, the Russian army killed one resident of Donetsk region.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky emphasizes that blowing up the Kakhovka HPP dam by the Russians only confirms that they must be expelled from every corner of the Ukrainian land.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine eliminated about 211,150 Russian troops in Ukraine from February 24, 2022 to June 6, 2023, including 800 invaders in the past day alone.
In Kharkiv, at night, Russians fired rockets at the car park near the airport and at the road on Rymarska Street in the city center. There were no casualties.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky is convening an urgent meeting of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) over Russia’s blowing up of the Kakhovka Reservoir dam.
In Kherson region, the evacuation of residents from dangerous districts, which are at risk of flooding due to blowing up of the Kakhovka dam, has begun.
Over the past day, Ukraine’s Air Force launched 19 strikes on enemy manpower clusters, as well as 5 strikes targeting Russian anti-aircraft missile systems.
In Desnianskyi district of Kyiv, debris of downed Russian missile fell on the roadway, damaging power lines.
The Russian forces blew up the Kakhovka dam on the Dnipro River, which is part of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant (HPP), according to the Operational Command South.
On June 6, from 00:30 to 04:00, the invaders attacked Ukraine with Kh-101/Kh-555 air-based cruise missiles. Ukrainian air defenses intercepted all 35 missiles launched by Russia.
Australia, the United States and Ukraine are discussing sending 41 Royal Australian Air Force F/A-18 Hornets to Kyiv.
Minister of National Defence of Lithuania Arvydas Anušauskas has stated that Lithuania is preparing a new package of assistance to Ukraine.