Watch: Hydroelectric dam damaged during war in Ukraine, floods hit nearby towns
Both Russia and Ukraine blamed each other for the damage to the dam on Dnipro River.
Russian terrorists. The destruction of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant dam only confirms for the whole world that they must be expelled from every corner of Ukrainian land. Not a single meter should be left to them, because they use every meter for terror. It’s only… pic.twitter.com/ErBog1gRhH
— Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) June 6, 2023
Not all of 🇷🇺 mines exploded at #Kakhovka HPP & are floating down #Dnipro River.
— Emine Dzheppar (@EmineDzheppar) June 6, 2023
The terrorist state is ready to destroy everything in its way in an attempt to prevent the offensive of #Ukraine & the liberation of the occupied territories.
Russia is the global evil. pic.twitter.com/LHnQM3FGZi
❗️The #Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Station was completely submerged pic.twitter.com/cOAyGVo2FG
— KyivPost (@KyivPost) June 6, 2023
About 16,000 people are in "critical zone" in Kherson region on the right bank of the Dnieper river - head of Kherson regional military administration.
— Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) June 6, 2023
Evacuation trains will take people to safety from Kherson. pic.twitter.com/rmltVcc9yI
Ситуація у Херсоні після підриву РФ Каховської ГЕС: мікрорайон Гідропарк та Нафтогавань вже підтоплено, передає кореспондент Радіо Свобода.
— Радіо Свобода (@radiosvoboda) June 6, 2023
У мікрорайоні Острів триває евакуація, повідомляє ОВА.
Загалом станом на 10:00 на Херсонщині евакуйовано вже 742 людини pic.twitter.com/jIcWKUKAqk
NOVAYA KAKHOVKA 🇺🇦 IS GONE
— Jason Jay Smart (@officejjsmart) June 6, 2023
The town is now submerged due to 🇷🇺 destroying the local dam. pic.twitter.com/7muP4MHLic
A police officer in Kherson rescues a dog trapped and drowning in floodwaters as a result of the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant dam explosion on June 6.
— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) June 6, 2023
📽️: National Police of Ukraine pic.twitter.com/TBsBtY6LoH
Russians blew up Kakhovska hydroelectric power plant.
— Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) June 6, 2023
President Zelenskyy will hold an emergency meeting of the National Security Council of Ukraine due to the explosion of the dam of Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant
Kakhovka HPP is the sixth (lower and last) stage of the… pic.twitter.com/klKQD5CeAp