A day after the Nova Kakhovka dam explosion in Ukraine: The level of the Dnipro River continued to rise on Wednesday morning and officials in Kyiv announced that 42,000 people were in an area that was flooded or expected to be flooded in the next <> hours. Ukraine also claimed that there were thousands of missing and out of touch as a result of the disaster.
UN Relief Director-General Martin Griffith commented on the disaster this morning, saying: "There will be serious and far-reaching consequences for thousands of people in southern Ukraine on both sides of the front. People will lose their homes and experience shortages of food, safe drinking water and livelihoods."
Total devastation: Neighborhood in southern Kherson city completely flooded
"The enormous scale of the disaster will only become fully apparent in the coming days," Griffith added. Experts estimate that the peak in the river's rise will occur tomorrow towards noon and only then will some drop in the water level begin. Kyiv authorities said 1,200 people had so far been rescued from flooded homes in Kherson Oblast and thousands more had left neighborhoods near the river on their own.
The Russian side only announced an evacuation in the morning, after authorities failed to evacuate the towns of Nova Kakhovka and Olshki, near the Dnipro River, which were completely flooded. The governor of Kherson region on behalf of the Russian occupation forces, Vladimir Saldo, claimed that 22,000 to 40,000 people were in the flooded areas but stressed: "Despite the fact that Ukraine is behind the dam pizzas, the event will develop militarily in Russia's favor."
Rescue of an elderly woman in the floods of Kherson Oblast,
Meanwhile, Ukrainian officials report Ukrainian military advances on several fronts. The commander of the central sector of the Ukrainian army, General Oleksandr Sirsky, released a video showing the capture of several Russian army posts in the Bakhmut area. Deputy Prime Minister Hanna Malair said the Ukrainian army had also advanced in other sectors and information on this would be published during the day.
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