Mayor of Oleshky on situation on left bank of Kherson region: Flooding, fires, people lose connection
Mayor of Oleshky Yevhen Ryshchuk said this in a conversation with an Ukrinform correspondent, Ukrinform reports.
"The situation is as of 13 o'clock. The water is rising - there is flooding, if an hour and a half or two ago there was almost no water in the city of Oleshky, and now several streets are already flooded... there is flooding - not high, but there is," Ryshchuk said.
He also said that the village of Krynky is flooded, in the village of Kozachi Lageri the situation is "more or less", the village of Pidstepne is fine, it is far from the water. The village of Pravi Solontsi is partially flooded, there is no major flooding. The villages of Pravi Sagy and Livi Sagy are not yet flooded, but, as the mayor emphasized, the forests near these villages are burning.
Ryshchuk reported on the situation in the village of Pishchanivka, where the bus stop is almost flooded, with only the roof visible. Residents note that the occupation authorities promise to provide buses for evacuation. "It's a question whether they will take us out or not. But they provide such information," Ryshchuk said.
According to him, the self-proclaimed authorities announced the evacuation of bedridden patients from Oleshky hospital.
He also informed that the Russian invaders are not letting out people who wanted to leave on their own in the direction of Hola Prystan, and they are not letting out people in the direction of Kopany and Kakhovka, and the mayor does not know why.
He also noted that the connection has begun to disappear. According to him, this means that the electricity is being cut off. Also, the photos and videos he receives from the field show flooding of gas distribution units and flooding of transformer substations.
As Ukrinform reported, on the night of June 6, Russian troops blew up the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant dam. About 16,000 people are in the disaster zone on the right bank of the Kherson region. Evacuation has been announced.
On the left bank of the Kherson region, the village of Krynky in the Oleshky community temporarily occupied by Russian troops is flooded.
In Nova Kakhovka, the Russian invaders are not evacuating people but taking away loot.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces liberated the right-bank part of Kherson region, including the city of Kherson. Part of the region, located on the left bank of the Dnipro River, is temporarily occupied by Russian troops.
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