Interior Ministry: 885 people evacuated from Kherson Oblast due to Kakhovka dam destruction.

Ukraine's Interior Ministry reported[1] on June 6 that 885 residents of Kherson Oblast had been evacuated as of 11:00 a.m. local time following Russia's destruction of the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant's dam. Evacuation is ongoing as around 80 settlements are at risk of potential flooding, according to the ministry, most of which are under Russian occupation. While rescue workers were evacuating civilians from Kherson, Russian forces shelled the city, injuring two police officers, the ministry said [2]earlier.

Around 16,000 people's homes in Kherson Oblast are located[3] in "critical risk" zones for flooding, according to Kherson Oblast Governor Oleksandr Prokudin. Russian forces destroyed[4] the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant's dam across the Dnipro River on the morning of June 6, sparking a large-scale humanitarian and environmental disaster across southern Ukraine. Built in 1956, the power plant is crucial to Ukraine's energy infrastructure.

According to Ukraine's state hydroelectric power company, the damage caused[5] by the breach is "impossible to repair." Around 16,000 people's homes in Kherson Oblast are reportedly located[6] in "critical risk" zones for flooding.

Russian forces destroy Kakhovka dam, triggering humanitarian disaster The dam of the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant across the Dnipro River, occupied by Russian forces, was destroyed on the morning of June 6, sparking a large-scale humanitarian and environmental disaster across southern Ukraine.

Ukraine's Southern Operational Command reported early in the morning...

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7. ^ Russian forces destroy Kakhovka dam, triggering humanitarian disasterThe dam of the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant across the Dnipro River, occupied by Russian forces, was destroyed on the morning of June 6, sparking a large-scale humanitarian and environmental disaster across southern Ukraine.

   Ukraine's Southern Operational Command reported early in the morning... (kyivindependent.com)