The dam of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station was blown up

Tonight, the dam of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station was blown up in occupied Novaya Kakhovka. Because of this, water supply problems may arise in occupied Crimea, and it will be difficult to cool the reactors at the Zaporizhia NPP.

11 of 28 spans were destroyed . in the flood zone There are 80 settlements , where 16 thousand people live. TASS writes about this. Flooding has already affected Kherson. Ukrainian regional military administrations called on residents to evacuate.

The drop in water level creates risks for the cooling of the reactors of the Zaporozhye NPP. For now, the situation is under control, reported . Energoatom

Ukraine accused Russia of deliberately undermining it. The Russian “mayor” of Novaya Kakhovka, Vladimir Leontyev , states that the destruction occurred due to strikes by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. At the same time, TASS previously reported that there were no shellings in the area of ​​the hydroelectric power station.

President Vladimir Zelensky convened an emergency meeting of the Security Council.

“Russian terrorists by destroying the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station dam only confirm to the whole world that they need to be expelled from every corner of Ukrainian soil. “We can’t leave them a single meter, because they use every meter for terror,” Zelensky commented.

Also today, Russia shelled Kyiv, but there were no casualties. due to shelling . was killed In the Donetsk region , one civilian