State Emergency Service: Nearly 1,000 people evacuated from Kherson Oblast after Kakhovka dam explosion.

The State Emergency Service reported[1] that nearly 1,000 people have been evacuated from Kherson Oblast as of 1 p.m. local time after Russian forces blew up the Kakhovka dam on June 6. Evacuation efforts are being carried out by the State Emergency Service in coordination with the police and local authorities. Five temporary relief centers have been set up for evacuees in Kherson Oblast before being relocated to safer locations, according to the Interior Ministry.

Kherson Oblast Governor Oleksandr Prokudin earlier said[2] that civilians will be transported by bus and train to Mykolaiv, Khmelnytskyi, Odesa, Kropyvnytskyi, Kyiv, and other cities. Water levels are expected to continue rising for another 24 hours, so authorities will be working "around the clock" to aid civilians, Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said[3] on national television. The State Emergency Service has also issued[4] a warning to civilians, urging them to remain vigilant and be on the lookout for any mines that may have been displaced by the flooding.

Russian forces destroyed[5] the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant's dam in the early hours of June 6, sparking a large-scale humanitarian and environmental disaster across southern Ukraine.

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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6. ^ 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)