Ukrainian border guards: Black Sea in Odesa Oblast turning into 'garbage dump and animal cemetery'.

The Black Sea in the southern Odesa Oblast is turning into a "garbage dump and an animal cemetery" as house fragments, furniture, as well as mines and ammunition are floating in the water after Russia's blow-up of the major dam, the State Border Guard said on June 10. It added that fish plague has also begun due to the disaster. "The consequences of the ecocide are terrible," the State Border Guard said in a Facebook post.

The State Border Guard urged residents to be careful and contact the authorities when they find dangerous objects. On June 6, Russia destroyed the dam[1] of the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant across the Dnipro River, occupied by Russian forces, sparking a large-scale humanitarian and environmental disaster[2] across southern Ukraine. Evacuation is underway in the flooded southern areas even as Russian forces continue to shell the west bank of the Dnipro River.

At least four people in Kherson Oblast and another one in Mykolaiv Oblast were killed due to the flooding, and 13 more are considered missing, the Interior Ministry reported[3] on June 9.

Saving lives from Russia's flood: Inside inundated, shelled Kherson Since Russia's full-scale war began, first came eight months of terror under occupation, then came seven months of intense shelling across the river, then came the river itself to Kherson. Over 24 hours after Russian forces destroyed the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant and its massive...

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Asami Terajima is a reporter at the Kyiv Independent.

She previously worked as a business reporter for the Kyiv Post focusing on international trade, infrastructure, investment and energy. Originally from Japan, Terajima moved to Ukraine during childhood and completed her bachelor's degree in Missouri, U.S.A. She is the winner of the 2023 George Weidenfeld Prize, awarded for "excellent investigative and courageous research activities" as part of Germany's prestigious Axel Springer Prize.

References

1. ^ destroyed the dam (kyivindependent.com)
2. ^ humanitarian and environmental disaster (kyivindependent.com)
3. ^ reported (kyivindependent.com)
4. ^ Saving lives from Russia's flood: Inside inundated, shelled KhersonSince Russia's full-scale war began, first came eight months of terror under occupation, then came seven months of intense shelling across the river, then came the river itself to Kherson.

   Over 24 hours after Russian forces destroyed the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant and its massive... (kyivindependent.com)