Some of the citizens expressed a desire to evacuate to other cities of Ukraine free of charge.”
They were taken to hospitals and humanitarian headquarters. “People with limited mobility were evacuated as well. “The city’s military administration has provided over 30 buses, which evacuated the citizens of flooded districts to the city center – around 600 citizens,” Mrochko said. Levels had plummeted earlier in the year, the same data shows, prompting Ukrainian officials in February to warn of possible shortages in drinking water supplies, and water for agricultural use. Some background: Meanwhile, data shows water levels in the reservoir behind the dam were at record highs last month, according to the Hydroweb information service. Analysis of lower resolution satellite imagery suggests the loss of the bridge section took place between June 1 and 2.
Satellite imagery from Maxar shows the road bridge that ran across the dam was intact on May 28, but imagery from June 5 shows a section of the same bridge missing. The critical Nova Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine was damaged just days before suffering a major structural collapse in the late evening of Monday or early hours of Tuesday, a CNN analysis reveals.ĬNN cannot independently verify whether the damage to the road bridge played a part in the dam’s collapse, or whether it was destroyed in a deliberate attack by one of the warring parties. Satellite image © 2023 Maxar Technologies The Nova Kakhovka dam in Ukraine on May 28, 2023.
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