Ukrhydroenergo: Kakhovka Reservoir to disappear in 2-4 days.

The flood peak from the spilling of the Kakhovka Reservoir will happen in the morning of June 7, Ukraine's state-owned energy company Ukrhydroenergo wrote[1] on June 6. In two to four days, the reservoir will cease to exist, according to Ukryhdroenergo's director Ihor Syrota. Syrota said the stabilization of flood levels in the affected areas will probably take place in the next four to five days.

The Kakhovka Reservoir was built in 1956 along with the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant. Prior to June 6, it covered a total area of 2,155 square meters and had roughly the same volume[2] of water as the Great Salt Lake in the U.S. The reservoir was an important water source for southern Ukraine, as well as for the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, Europe's biggest nuclear plant.

Russian forces destroyed[3] the Kakhovka dam on the morning of June 6, sparking a humanitarian and environmental disaster across southern Ukraine. Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Governor Serhii Lysak reported[4] around noon on June 6 that the water in the reservoir has fallen by almost 1.5 meters.

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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Martin Fornusek is a news editor at the Kyiv Independent. He has previously worked as a news content editor at the media company Newsmatics and is a contributor to Euromaidan Press. He also volunteers as an editor and translator at the Czech-language version of Ukrainer.

Martin studied at Masaryk University in Brno, Czechia, holding a bachelor's degree in security studies and history and a master's degree in conflict and democracy studies.

References

1. ^ wrote (t.me)
2. ^ volume (www.theguardian.com)
3. ^ destroyed (kyivindependent.com)
4. ^ reported (kyivindependent.com)
5. ^ 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)